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WILLIAM H. SCHWALBE. SECY 

OLD GUARD ASSOCIATION, 

TWELFTH REGIMENT. 
N. C. S. N Y. 



REPO/?T. 

Annual Reunion and Dinner 

OF THE 

Oft) 6uarb (^60ocia^ion, 

Twelfth Regiment, 

N. G.S. N. Y., 

Saturday, April 2ist, 1894, 



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OLD GUARD ASSOCIATION. 

TWELFTH REGIMENT, 
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Ipretace. 



AT a quarterly meetino of the Old Guard Association, held in 
^ the Armory of the 'l-welfth Regiment, N. G. S. N. Y., July 
2ist, 1894, the following action was taken and reported to the 
Committee by the Secretary : 

" By a motion, unanimously carried, Colonel Edward M. L. 
Ehlers, Colonel Charles K. Sprague and Captain William H. 
Schwall)e, were authorized and instructed to publish, in suitable 
form for the Association and distribution, a full account of the 
proceedings at our last Annual Dinner, and to include such illus- 
trations, portraits and other matter as will in their judgment add 
interest and attractiveness to the publication as a Souvenir." 

The proceedings of this year are devoted more generally to the 
Regiment in its connection with the War in 1861. We would sug- 
gest that the next report may treat more particularly of the services 
of the Command in 1862. 

The Committek. 



Illustrations. 

Major-General Daniel Hulterheld, 1S94 10 

Entrance 12th Regiment Armory 16 

Major-General George Sears Greene 18 

Sappers and Miners, Twelfth Regiment, Camp Anderson 21 

Col. Richard Henry Savage 22 

Company B Barracks, Camp Anderson 33 

Dep. Co'm. John C. Shotts, G. A. R., N. Y 34 

Col. Heman Dowd 3S 

Col. Francis V. Greene 4.2 

Major E. Ellery Anderson 47 

Major Bostwick's quarters, Camp Anderson 51 

Barracks of Co. C, at Camp Anderson 52 

Old Guard Association, Seal and Coat of Arms ^7 

Headquarters of the Twelfth Regiment Camp Anderson 5S 

Lieut. Edward M. Fisher 62 

Capt. William -Stockman Woods 66 

Third Brigade Bugle Call 69 

Capt. William H. Hoagland 70 

Capt. James Cromie 72 

Capt. Joseph Hilton 74 

Brevet Capt. Warren W. Chamberlain 76 

Title Page, Beginning 1S47 S5 

Col. Henry G. Stebbins S6 

Brevet Brig. -Gen. John Jacob Astor gi 

Capt. Adolphus J.Johnson q4 

Col. John -S. Cocks g-j 

Certificate of Enlistment Independence Guard, 1840 98 

Capt. William Fowler 100 

Col. Henry Astor Weeks 102 

Lieut. -Col. Charles Baxter 104 

Facsimile Company Order No. i, January 4th, 1847, Independent 

Tompkins Blues 105 

Brig. -General Thomas W. Sweeny 106 

Invitation to " Grand Military Fete " of Co. (i, Independence Guard loS 

Capt. James A. Boyle 109 

Brevet Col. Jacob Raynor no 

Facsimile Order No. i, Co. A, Independence (iuard m 

Col. Daniel Butte rfield, 1859 112 

Facsimile General Orders No. i. Independence Guard 113 

Facsimile, General Headquarters, Special Orders 204, Dec. 19th, 1S59. . 114 

Facsimile, Brig. Headquarters, Special Orders No. 10, Dec. 24th, 1S59. 114 

Facsimile, Regimental Headquarters, Gen'l Orders No. i, Dec. 24th, 1859. 114 

Facsimile, Regimental Headquarters, Gen'l Orders No. 5, Feb. 14th, i860. 115 

Frontispiece, Twelfth Regiment, 1S61 117 

Major-General Daniel Butterfield, 1862 nS 

Facsimile of General Orders No. 12, April Kjih, iSta 120 

Plan Camp Anderson, with Autograph of Col. Butterfield 124 

Facsimile General Orders No. 37, Camp Anderson 126 

Facsimile General Orders No. 56, Camp Mansfield, \'a 12S 

Map of the "Seat of War," Vicinity of Washington, with Location of 

Troops, May 31st, 1S61 128 

Artillery Practice by the " Hcnvitzer Corps," Camp .Anderson 132 

Brig. -General William Greene Ward 134 

Brig. -General Livingston Satterlee 136 

Col. John Ward 13S 

Major-General Francis C . Barlow 146 

Brevet Brig. -General Frederick Thomas Locke 148 

Brevet Brig.-General Charles A. Carleton 150 

Brevet Brig.-General Paul A. Oliver 152 



ILL USTRA TLONS. 



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Col. Henry Wines Ryder I55 

Camp Scene, iS6i, Col. Butterfield and Officers 156 

Headquarters of the Engineer Corps, Camp Anderson 15S 

Company A, Barracks 160 

Capt. William Huson 162 

Co. C, Headquarters, Camp Anderson 164 

Co. D, Headquarters, Camp Anderson 166 

Capt. H. W. Rvder and 2d Lieut. Thomas Jefferson Hoyt 168 

The Lafayette Fusileers 170 

Co. G, Headquarters, Camp Anderson 172 

Co. H, Telegraph Squad I74 

Co. L Headquarters, Camp Anderson 17^" 

First Lieutenant John Ward, Ir iSo 

Guard House, Camp Anderson 180 

Frontispiece. Independence Guartl, iS()4 1S7 

Field, Staff and Line Ollicers, Twelfth Regiment, 1S94 tSS 

Col. Stephen Van Rensselaer Cruger 192 

Col. James H.Jones 19*^ 

Armory, Twelfth Regiment 19S 

Brig. -General Thomas H. Barber 200 

Col. Henry Alger (iildcrsleeve 202 

Sword presented to Nhijor-General Daniel Butterfield 204 

Medal presented by Congress to Major-General Daniel Butterfield 204 

Picket Guard at C(jlumbia Mills, \'a 207 

Ordnance Sergeant John Corrie 20S 

The Diamond Recruiting Badge 211 

Twelfth Regiment Ritie Team, 1894 212 

Medals Presented to (General Daniel Butterfield 215, 216 

Veteran's Certificate, Facsimile 218 

Brevet Colonel Edward M. L. Ehlers 222 

Brevet Colonel Charles E. Spraguc 223 

Capt. William H. Schwalbe 223 



Portraits in the Group Illustrations. 
1861. 

■e others in some (if III,- ;/ 



Ariiolfl, H.'l'racv. (Jii.-iitfrniastcr -tI. 

Aekcrinan. .T. IFowanl. F.ifutenaiit 

Allen, Thomas .1., I'rivatc 

Atchison. Ali'Nander (!., Coriioral 

Ashley, Williaiii. ('oriionil 

Acorn", Jacoli. 1st Serjeant 

Ardis, .lames, I'rivatc 

ButtertieUI. Daniel, Colonel .58, 

Bostwick, Hem y A , IMajor 

RaiT, George H., ( 'attain 

Barlow. Francis ('., Lieutenant \'>c>. 

Boyle, .James. Captiiiii 

Bimrliam. I.eaiiiler K., lieutenant . .1."><i, 

Halihvin. Henrv, Serjeant 

Blunt, William" S.. Private 

Blunt, E(lnnin<l, .Ir., Trivate 

Barker, William S.. l>ruiiuiiei- 

Brown, Frederick, DiLunmei- 

Bnidv. P. H., Friv.ite 

Boenken, .Tohn, Private 

Benedict, Aimer R., Private 

Croniie, .Tames. Captain 

Chamlierlain. Warren W.. Lieutenant... 
Church, Benjamin S., Captain l.'">6. 



1.55 Carleton, Charles A., Private. 
\m Cartwritrlit, George W., Ser.irea 

h;(« Cole. (Jeorfre W., Ser.neant 

170 Clarke. Charles 0.. Private 

17(! Copiiers. KdwanI, Private 

170 Conlin, Peter, Private 

174 Curtiss. ,lr., Sanuiel, Corporal. 

I.^t) Corbett. Boston. Private 

1.".C. Cromwell, Ceorue, Pri\al<' 

1.56 ( 'olliv, John. Pi-ivale 

1.58 Caliroiin, William, Private . 

!.■>•; Dennett. A. K. P., Lieiitenanl. 

171; D\att. ^\■illiam. Lientenani ... 

158 Dean, .lames S., Lienteuant .. 

\r^ Delafield. Clarence, Private. . 

1.58 Devens. William H.. Serireant. 

17'_' LJovle, C, Corporal 

172 Dale. Henrv W., Private 

17(; Dilkes, .Toseph N. . Corporal. . . 

176 Dowiev, .Tohn K., Private 

ICO Denike. Tsaac J.. Private 

1.56 I>unn, Walter. Private 

156 Kiehlie, Charles, Drummer, , . . 

158 Ellison, John S., Private. 



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PORTRAITS. 



Ellis, Henrv S., Private 

Ferry, J. Milton, Lieutenant 

Fowler, William, Captain i.5U, 

Fisher, Edward M., Lieutenant... .l.-)6.. . 

Flynn, Josepli, Drummer 

Fergu.son, George, Drununer 

(rarduer, William F., Lientenani 

<iray, Janit-s. Lieutenant 

Good, Ricliard, Curiioral 

(Jilon, Edwaid, Coriiora) 

Gillen, Ivlward. I'rivate 

Hoaulaiid. William H., Lieuieiiant 

Hiison, William, Captain 

Ilan.sen, Nicholas L., Lieutenant 

Hoyt, Thomas J., Lieutenant 150, 

Hutchinson, Jr., Anios S., Corporal 

Flimter, John H. H., 1st Sergeant 

Hickersou, Charles S., C()ri)oral 

Harjier. .John, I'rivate 

Hartman. Louis, Private 

Hnnt. John W., 1st Sergeant 

Flalsted, Edward O., Corporal . . 

flogg, Rohert, Private 

Inday, Eugene C, Drummer 

Jackson, John, Sergeant 

Jarrett. Thomas W., Private. . . 

Kennedy, John E., Private 

Kirk. Edwaid, Jr.. Private . 
Locke, l'"re(l(.rick T.. Adiut,-iut.. . 
Lou.gliran, Michael, Lieutenant . 

Lyall, .fames, Sei-geant 

Lyon. David, Private 

Montieth. William, Lieutenant 
.Murray, Thomas W., Lieutenant. 

ALigrath, Heurv. Lieutenant 

McCormack, AVilliam IL.Cai.tain 

McKelvey. D. (;.. Lieutenant 

Mackay. llcrlierl U.. Lieutenant l;W, i,-,ii, 
MacFarlanc, Pdiiert I'.. Lieutenant 
>rcConkey. William, Lieutenant 
■Merriani, Heniv W.. ('(.r|ior;il 

INIurphv, William H., Private .""■ 

:\randeville, James A., 1st Sergeant . . 

Mara, I). J., Sei^eant 

Mara, .lohn. Kt Seriieant 

McCreary, .lami-s A., jst Sergeant. ...!!. ! 

McCreary. William 1!., Sergeant 

McDeniiott, John, Corporal 

Meyer. E. Christian, Private 

Mowrey, H. (».. Private 

Merritt, .Tames ('..Private 

:\r(Keever. John, Dnujiiner 



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.Mowbray. Robert, Private 

Murray, John F., Private 

Mullen. James W., Private 

Millward, John, Private 

Mulvaney, Thomas, Pi-i vale 

Moore. Jose|)h A., Private 

\evins, Thomas. Private 

Olmstead. Palph IL. Captain 

Ottiwell, .lohn I).. Captain 

Palmer, Uicliard S., Pavmaster 

Parkinson, William P.." Private... 

Priestly, George, I'rivali' 

I'lielan, Thomas, Private 

Porter, (ieorge W., Private 

Pollock, .John, I'rivate 

Pyder, Henry W., Captain 

Raynor. William. Captain 

Richards. Pierre T. C, I'rivate 

Kutherfoid. .lustin A.. Private 

i;ice. William H., Private 

Rowley. Ih'ory. Lieutenant 

Snuth. .lohn .M., Drum-Maior 

Smith, Nathan Hale,Cliai)lain 

Scribner. .loseph .^L. Lieutenant.. 

Serymser, .lames A., Private 

Schiitte, .loliu C, Private 

Soiineborn. F. W.. I'rivate 

Stewart. Georg.', Corporal 

Scott, .lames. Cot|)oral 

Spinning, Henr> 1>:.. Sergeant 

Sherman. Fred.' L., Private 

Shattock. S., Private 

Trisk, Kichard, Private 

Taylor. Chailes S., Sergeant 

Thui-ston. A. Henry, Surgeon 

T.iylor, .l.imes. Coipoial. T 

V.-iiice. Ezeklel. Lientenani 

\an Cortl.indl, Augustus, Private. 
Ward, William C, Lieut. -Colonel. 

Wai-d. .lohn, .Ir., Lieutenant 

Weil-, Kobert T.. .\.sst. Surgeon 

Whltlo<-k. Charles. Lieiitenaiit . . 

Whereatv. S , Corporal 

Wood, .lohn FL, Corporal 

A\'liiting. Hewitt ('.. Private 

Wliitiiiii:. Chester .\.. Corporal. 

Whiting, P.radford S., Private 

Watts, .\rchibald. nrumnier 

Wilson, Heiirv P.., Pii\ate 

Woodward. Uiil'us F.. Private 

Wilson. Francis, Prisate 

Veoman. ( hailes N., Pri\ate ... 



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Rntt, McCoskrv. Lieut. Colonel 

Rnrns. Charles' S . >raior 

Barnard. R|eekerS..(iaptain 

HIake, J.R., (Mptaiii... 

I.anks, Loyd li. 1st Lieutenant 

Hanks, David, .(r., 1st Lieutenant 

Hridgemaii. T. IL. 2(1 Lieutenant 

I.arringer. ,1.. Corporal. 

Conteiii. Wasbjiigloii,( aptain 

Clark, IL S., .\diulant 

f'roker, Riehaiil ^■., isC Lieutenani . . . 
(^orrie, .lohn. ordnance Sergeant 

Dowd, Hem.iii. Colonel 

Dyer, (h-orge i;,ii hbone. Captain 

Denny. Thomas. .Ir.. Captain 

Drdan, Thomas .1., ('<iiiuiiissarv Ser^'ca 
Downs, William E. .Sei ueant-.Ma jor. . 

Donovan. .1., iMi Sergeant 

Gerard, James W,. Caiitain 

Harriman. F. C.. Isl Lientemint 

Huston, Thomas W.. 1st Lieiiten;iiit . 
Jiidson, W. F,. 1st Lientenani 



18s Leonard. Robert W., Major 

188 Lambert. W. E., Major...' 188 

188 Lamb, W. S.. Sergeant 

188 Mel )einiott. .L. 1st Sergeant 

188 Morris. Newbdld. Adjutant 

18s Mahoiiev, .1. P.. Coi|.oral 

188 Peck, Morton Pi., Asst. Surireon 

212 P.aine, H. C.. 1st Lieutenani 

188 Powers. E. K., (.)uartcriiiaster 

1.S8 Poosevelt, Frank. Ca|ilalii 

188 Snivlie, Charles A. Captain 

212 Stci)biiis, S. Schiellclin. 1st Lieut 188, 

188 SiMter, Charles J.. Captain 

188 Snillh, E. ('., Captain 

188 Smith. C. W.,.lr., 1st Lieutenant 

212 SchielVelin. Schuyler, Com. of Subsistence 

212 Terrv. Koderick. Chaplain 

•-M2 I'illon. Iv.lst Lieutenant 

188 Trowbridge, S. P.. P.. ■jd Lieutenant 

1,S8 \an lleiisen. A. 15., Private 

18.S Wainw right, J, .Mavhew, Adjutant . . 
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Contents. 
A. 

Address by General Butterfield it 

Address of Col. Joel B. Erhardt 53 

Address of Col. Richard Henry Savage 23 

Anderson, Camp 124 

Anderson, Major E. Ellery, Remarks of 47 

Annual Dinner, Company Committee for g 

Annual Reunion and Dinner 7 

Appleton, Col. Daniel, Letter from 77 

Armories of the Twelfth Regiment, 1S59-1S94 190 

Arrangements, Committee of 9 

Association of the Old Guard, Officers of 219 

Astor, Brevet General John Jacob, Biographical Sketch gy 

Astor Place Riot ^2 

B. / 

Barber, Brig-General Thomas H , Biographical Sketch ./ . 200 

Barlow, Major-General Francis C, Biographical Sketch ./.. . 147 

Baxter^Blues, Co. H / I75 

Baxter, Lieut. -Col, Charles, Biographical Sketch 104 

Benham, Rear Admiral A. E. K., Letter of Regrets 12 

Benson Guard S7, 90 

Biographical Sketch, Brevet General John Jacob Astor 91 

" " Brig. -General Thomas H. Barber 200 

" " Major-General Francis C. Barlow 147 

" " Lieut. -Col. Charles Baxter 104 

" " Capt. James A. Boyle 109 

" " Major-General Daniel Butterfield 144 

" " Brevet Brig. -General Charles A. Carleton 150 

" " Brevet Capt. Warren W. Chamberlain 76 

" " Capt. James Cromie 72 

" " Col. Stephen Van Rensselaer Cruger 193 

" " Col. Heman Dowd 38 

" " Lieutenant Edward M. Fisher 62 

" " Capt. William Fowler 100 

" " Col. Henry Alger Gildersleeve 202 

" " Col. Francis V. Greene 42 

" " Major-General George Sears Greene iS 

" " Capt. Joseph Hilton 74 

" " Capt. William H. Hoagland 70 

" " Second Lieutenant Thomas Jefferson Hoyt 16S 

" " Capt. William Huson 162 

" " Col. James H. Jones ig6 

" " Brevet Brig. -General, Fred T. Locke 14S 

" " Brevet Brig. -General Paul A. Oliver 152 

•' " Brevet Col. Jacob Raynor no 

" " Col. Henry Wines Ryder 155 

*' " Brig. -General Livingston Satterlee 136 

" " Brig. -General Thomas W. Sweenv 106 

Col. John Ward .' 138 

" Brig. -General William Greene Ward 134 

" " Col. Henry Astor Weeks 102 

" " Capt. William Siorkinan Woods 66 



CONTENTS. iii. 

Black Rifles, Co. K 99. I79 

Boyle, Capt. James A., Biographical Sketch of 109 

Butterfield, General Daniel, Biographical Sketch 144 

Butterfield, General Daniel, Closing Remarks 57 

Butterfield, General Daniel, Opening Remarks 11 

Butterfield, General Daniel, Medals, Spurs and Sword 215 

c. 

Camp Anderson, Plan of and Order of Instructions 124 

Campaign of 'Sixty-one, History of 131 

Carleton, Brevet Brig. -General Charles A., Biographical Sketch 150 

Certificate of Membership in Independence Guard 9S 

Chamberlain, Brevet Capt. Warren W., Biographical Sketch 76 

Champion Rifle Team Twelfth Regiment 213 

City Blues, Co. D 90. 93. i&7 

Civil War, The 119 

Closing Remarks of Gen. Butterfield 57 

Club Song of the Guard House 181 

Commissioned Officers, Twelfth Regiment, 1S94 189 

Committee of Arrangements 9 

Committee on Annual Dinner 9 

Committee on Invitation 9 

Company Changes 88, 90, 95, 99, 103 

Co. A, Light (iuard 161 

Co. B, Washington Light Guard 163 

Co. C, Tompkins Blues 165 

Co. D, City Blues 90, 93. 167 

Co. E, Garde La Fayette 169 

Co. F, Lafayette Fusileers 171 

Co. G, Independence Guard I73 

Co. H, Baxter Blues 90, 93, 175 

Co. I, National Grays I77. 17S 

Co. K, Black Rifles 90, I79 

Consolidation w-ith the Tenth Regiment 95 

Constitution, Old Guard, Twelfth Regiment, Extracts from 220 

Corrie, Sergeant John, Account of 209 

Cocks, Colonel John S., Regimental Order No. 3 96 

Cromie, Capt. James, Biographical Sketch 72 

Crossing the Long Bridge 127 

Cfuger, Col. Stephen V^an Rensselaer, Biographical Sketch 193 

D. 

Dead Rabbit Riot 93 

Departure for Washington, A Poem 59 

Diamond Recruiting Badge 211 

Dinner, Company Committees on . g 

Dinner, the Menu 8 

D. 

Dowd, Col. Heman, Biographical sketch 38 

Dowd, Col. Heman, Address of 39 



Engineer Corps I59 

Erhardt, Col. Joel B 53 

Extracts from Constitution, Old Guard Association 21S 

Extract from Diary of a Private 207 



iv. CONTENTS. 

F. 

Field Officers, Twelfth Regiment, 1S47-1894 186 

Field and Staff, Twelfth Regiment, 1861 157 

First Field and Staff Officers, 1S47 89 

Fisher, Lieut. Edward M. , Biographical sketch 62 

Fitch, Ashbel P., Letter from, regarding list of killed and wounded 78 

Fitzgerald, Gen. Louis, Letter from 75 

Fowler, Capt. William, Biographical sketch 100 

French, Col. Richard 95 

Fusileers, Lafaj'ette 170 

Q. 

Garde La Fayette, Co. E go, 103, 169 

Gettysburg, Our Monument S3 

Gherardi, Rear Admiral B., Letter from 73 

Gildersleeve, Col. Henry A. , Biograghical sketch 202 

Governor's Trophy, Competition for 209 

Greene, Col. Francis V., Address by 43 

Greene, Col. Francis V. , Biographical sketch 42 

Greene, Major-General George Sears, Address by 19 

Greene, Major-General George Sears, Biographical sketch iS 

Growlers' Retreat, A Poem 160 

Guard House Club Song iSi 

H. 

Hilton, Capt. Joseph 74 

History of the Campaign of 1S61 130 

Hoagland, Capt. William H., Biographical sketch 70 

Howard, Major General O. O., Letter from 63 

Hoyt, Second Lieutenant Thomas J., Biographical sketch 168 

Huson, Capt. William, Biographical sketch 162 

Hymn Dedicated to the Twelfth Regiment, 1S61 121 

I. 

Illustrations, List of 4, 5, 6 

Incidents of 'Sixty-one 178, 185 

Independence Guard, Co. G 87, 93, 173, 185 

Independence Guard, Certificate of Membership in, 1S40 98 

Independence Guard, Order naming the Regiment 96 

Independent Tompkins Blues 87 

Independent Tompkins Blues, Fac-simile Co. Order No. i, 1S47 105 

Italian Guards 87, 90 

Invitations, Special Committee on 9 



Jones, Col. James H., Biographical sketch ig6 

L. 

Lafayette Fusileers 87, 90, 93. 170 

Letter from Col. Daniel Appleton 77 

Rear Admiral A. E. K. Benham 12 

" Adjt. -General R. C. Drum 7S 

Gen. Louis Fitzgerald 75 

" Rear Admiral B. Gherardi 73 

" Major-Gen. O. O. Howard 63 

" Capt. James T. Long 83 

" Mayor of the City of New York 75 



CONTENTS. V. 

Letter from Gen. James R. O'Beirne 67 

" Gen. Horace Porter 65 

" Acljt, -General Josiah Porter ' 73 

" the President of the United States 71 

" the Secretary of War 71 

Light Guard, Co. A S7, 8S, 95, 161 

List of Illustrations 4, 5,6 

List of Killed, Wounded, etc., Twelfth Regiment \^ols <<\. 79 

List of Portraits and Pictures in Armory of Twelfth Regiment, 1S94. ... 45 

Locke, Brevet Brig. -Gen. Fred T., Biographical sketch 14S 

Long Bridge, Crossing the 127 

Long, Capt. James T. , Letter from 83 

M. 

Map of the X'icinity of Washington, with Location of Troops, May 31, 1S61. 128 

Menu S 

Monroe Blues S7, 90 

Monument, Our (iettysburg S3 

Muster Roll, Camp Anderson, 1S61, Co. A 161 

" " B 163 

" " C 165 

"I) 167 

" " '• " E 169 

" " F 171 

" " G 173 

" " H 175 

" " 1 177 

" K 179 

N. 
National Grays, Co. I no, 122, 177, 17S 

o. 

O'Beirne, General James R., Letter from 67 

Officers of the Old Guard, 1S93 9 

Officers of the Old Guard Association, Twelfth Regiment, 1S94 219 

Officers of Twelfth Regiment, 1S94 1S9 

Old Guard Association, Roll of Members 221 

Old Twelfth 87 

Oliver, Brevet Brig. -General Paul A., Biographical sketch 152 

Opening remarks by General Butterfield 11 

Order as to bathing at Camp Mansfield 12S 

Orders as to hours of service at Camp Anderson 126 

Orders issued while in Camp 129 

Orders making the Regiment, No. 12 114 

Order naming the Regiment, " Independence Guard " 96 

Organization of the Regiment 85 

Our Gettysburg Monument 83 

P. 

Poem by Col. John Ward 59 

Porter, Gen. Horace, Letter from 65 

Porter, Adjt. General Josiah, Letter, with Autograph, from 73 

Post Prandial 11 

Preface 3 

Present Armory, Twelfth Regiment, 1S94 194 

R. 

Ray nor. Brevet Col. Jacob, Biographical sketch no 

Regiment in 1849 90 



vi. CONTEXTS. 

Regrets, Letter of, from Rear Admiral Benham 12 

Remarks by General Butterfield 11 

Remarks introducing Major E. EUery Anderson 44 

" " Col. Heman Dowd " 

Col. Joel B. Erhardt 51 

" " Col. Frank V. Greene 41 

" " Col. Richard Henry Savage 20 

Remarks regarding medal for the one proposing the most recruits for 

the Twelfth Regiment 33 

Response, Major E. Ellery Anderson 47 

" Col. Heman Dowd 39 

Col. Frank V. Greene 43 

Gen. George S. Greene 19 

" Hon. Henry J. Sanford 35 

Col. Richard Henry Savage 23 

Rifle, The 205 

Rifle Team, Twelfth Regiment 213 

Riots, Astor Place and Dead Rabbit 92 

Roll of the Old Guard Association 221 

Roster of Commissioned OflScers, Twelfth Regiment. 1S94 1S9 

Ryder, Col. Henry Wines, Biographical sketch 155 

5. 

Sanford, Hon. Henry J., Remarks 35 

Satterlee, Brig. -Gen. Livingston 136 

Savage, Col. Richard Henry, Remarks 23 

Score in the Rifle Match for the Governor's Trophy 210 

" " " " State Championship, 1S94 213 

Song, Guard House Club iSi 

Souvenir Committee 223 

Standing Orders 116 

Sweeny, Brig. -Gen. Thomas W., Biographical sketch 106 

T. 

The Civil War 119 

The Departure for Washington, Poem 59 

The First Injured 17S 

The Growlers' Retreat, Illustration and Poem 160 

The Old Twelfth S7 

Twelfth Regiment Departure for Washington in 1S61 123 

The Twelfth Regiment Guard of Honor to the Prince of Wales, 1S60... . 103 

The Telegraph Squad 1S5 

Toasts S 

Toasts and Responses 17 

Tompkins Blues, Co. C S7, 165 

Trophy, The Governors, iSg3 209 

w. 

War. The Civil iig 

Ward, Col. John, Biographical sketch 13S 

W'ard, Col. John, A Poem by 59 

Ward, Brig. -General William Greene, Biographical sketch 134 

Washington, The Departure for, A Poem 59 

Washington Light Guard, Co. B 93, 163 

Weeks, Col. Henry Astor, Biographical sketch 102 

Woods, Capt. William Stockman, Biographical sketch 66 



Hnnual IRcunion an^ Binncr. 



THE Annual Reunion and Dinner of the Old Guard Association 
of the Twelfth Regiment, N. G. S. N. Y., was held at the Man- 
hattan Athletic Club, Madison Avenue and 45th Street, 
Saturday evening, April 21st, 1S94, at 7:30 o'clock. 

There were present one hundred and seventy-five veterans of 

the Regiment, together with a large number of invited guests — the 

members of the Association occupying tables so arranged on the 

floor as to form a Maltese cross, the officers and invited guests 

occupying a table covering the entire width of the hall on the 

westerly side of the building. The decorations of the room were 

superb, and occasioned much favorable comment. Here and there 

among the brighter bunting, plants, vines and flowers, places had 

been found for the old flags and guidons of the Regiment. On the 

walls hung a number of life-sized portraits of the ofticers of the Old 

Iwelfih who found soldiers' graves during the War of the Rebellion. 

Heroes all, they dignified the Regiment in their active service with 

it, and they have added lustre to its escutcheon by their heroic 

example and glorious death in the defense of the flag of the Union. 

To the left of the guest table, and on the north side of the 

room, hung the great picture of Forbes, entitled " Crossing the 

Long Bridge." 

Manv an old graybeard looked upon this picture with peculiar 
emotion. It recalled the stirring incidents of that moonlight night, 
preceding the death of Ellsworth, when Butterfield, at the head of the 
Twelfth, crossed the Long Bridge over the Potomac to the " sacred 
soil," showing the way to all the other regiments of the command. 
Death only can efface the recollection of that memorable night, and 
the crossing of the Long Bridge will be a hallowed memor>' until 
-taps ■' are sounded over the last of Butterfield's Veterans. 



riDcnu. 

Huitres en Coquilles. 

POTAGE. 
Creme St. Germaine. 

HORS-D'CEUVRES. 
Olive, Radis, Amands Sales. 

POISSON. 

Basse, sauce HoUandaise. Pommes a la Viennoise. 

RELEVE. 

Filet de B(ieuf aux Champignons Haricots Verts. 

ENTREE 

Pates de Volaille. 

LEGUiMES. PUNCH. ROIT. 

Petits Pois. Old Guard. Pigeonneaux au Cresson. 

SALADE. GLACE. DESSERT. 

Laitue au Tomatoes. Glaces Fantaisies. Petits Fours. 

CAFpi 



Coasts. 

I. THE UNION AND THE l-LAG. 
2. THE CITIZEN SOLDIER. 
3. THE VETERAN. 

4. THE NATIONAL GUARD. 

5. THE ACTIVE REGIMENT. 

6. THE OLD GUARD. 



riDutMc. 

The Schuheri Mai.k Quaktkttk. 

Thi. Twelfth Regiment P.and. 



annual H)inncr, 1804. 



©fllcers of Xbc ©ID GuarD. 

Frcsidoil, MAJOR-GENERAL DANIEL BUTTERFIELD. 

Viic'-PrcsUciit, BRIG.-GENERAL WILLIAM GREENE WARD. 

2ii Vue-Presidciit, COLONEL HENRY \V. RYDER. 

Treasurer, COLONEL JOHN WARD. 
Secretary, SERGEANT CHARLES L. W. BRENNER. 

./.«/. Secretary, CAPTAIN W. V. BYRN'E. 

Major and Surgeon, I). B. ST. JOHN ROOSA, M.D. 

Captain and Asst. Surgeon, H. HOLBROOK CURTIS, M.D. 

Chaplain. BVT.-MAJOR CHARLES C. SAVAGE. 

Company Committees for Bnnual 5)innei*. 

A. — Capl. James K. Mandcvillc, F. — Major S. V. Healey, 

Capt. William H. Murphy, Capt. John Macaulay, 

First Sergt. Adolph G. Hofstatter. Sergt. George E. Jantzer. 

B. — Capt. George .\. Baiita, G. — Col. Edward Gilon, 

Capt. Nicholas L. Hansen, Capt. William H. Kirby, 

Second Lieut. Alfred B. Price. Lieut. Peter Conlin. 

C.--Capt. William Fowler, H.— Capt. William C. Reddy, 

Capt. \V. V. Byrne, Lieut. George Stewart, 

Sergt. A. N. Willis. Sergt. Walter L. Thompson. 

D.— Col. John I). Ottiwell, I.— Major John H. French, 

Capt. H. 1!. Smith, First Sergt. James Lyall, 

First Sergt. John H. Wood. First Sergt. George Cromwell. 

E. — Col. Henry W. Ryder, K. — Col. Edward Fackner, 

Col. Charles E. Sprague, Capt. Richard A. Riker, 

Capt. Robert Mc.\fee. First Sergt. Robert C. Kammcrer. 



Special Committee on linvitationt?. 

Major-Gknkkai, Daniel BrTTERKiEi.D, Colonei. John W.vrd 

Coi.oNEi. Henry W. Ryder, Colonel H. A. Giloersleeve, 

Colonel Edward M. L. Ehlers. 



Committee of arrangements. 

Major-General DANIEL BUTTERFIELD, 

Colonel CHARLES E. SPR.A.GUE, 

Captaln WILLIAM H. SCHWALBE. 




President of the Old Guard Association. 



poet ipranbiaL 



GENERAL BUTTERFIELD, in rising to propose the first reg- 
ular toast, "Our Country and our Flag," spolce as follows : 

GENTLE.MEN:-pThis is somewhat of an occasion of ancient history. 
Feeling deeply the compliment that was paid me during my ab- 
sence abroad last year, I took occasion, in recognition of that com- 
pliment as your President, to send a despatch a year ago to-night 
from Paris. It was not read then, but it is just as good, even if a 
year old, to read it now, and it is as follows : 

Paris, April 21, 1893. 
Twelfth Rkciment Old GrARU Association. 

To-night at nine o'clock I drink to the Twelfth Regiment and the Old 
Guard Association, its glorious history, its brave men and patriots, living 
and dead. May their memories and the memory of their deeds never perish. 
May the days of the living he prolonged with health, peace and prosperitv. 

Daniel Butterfield. 

We have to-night regrets from Generals Howard, O'Beirne, 
Porter, Barlow, Sickles and a number of veterans, and I know you 
are all anxious to listen to the eloquence and the wit of the gen- 
tlemen who are going to talk to you, so I will give those commu- 
nications to the Secretary in order that they may be recorded in the 
proceedings. However, I will read one which was a great disappoint- 
ment to me to receive, and which I know will be so to you. If 
there is anything at the bottom of the Twelfth Regiment, it is 
patriotism. If there is anything at the bottom of the National Guard 
it is patriotism. The letter I will read is from a man who made 
every American pulse beat freely and earnestly with patriotic pride: 



12 OLD GUARD ASSOCIATION. 

Letter of Rear=AdmiraI A. E. K. Benham, U. 5. Navy. 

RiCHMONM), N. Y., April 20, 1894. 
Dear (iEneral Butterfield: 

It would give me great pleasure to dine with the Old Guard 
Association of the Twelfth Regiment to-morrow evening, especially 
as I should be relieved of the terror of attempting a speech, but 
I am unfortunately suffering from a severe cold which compels me 
to avoid the night air. 

Thanking you for the honor of the invitation, I am, 

Yours sincerely, 

A. E. K. Benham. 

Now, I am going to be a little frank with you, and I don't 
want it to get into the newspapers. I never prepared a speech yet, 
with the exception of those that I learned from two books, that I 
ever adhered to when I got up to say anything. One is the I^ord's 
Prayer and the other the Ten Commandments. You will bear 
me out that I do not make any distinction; so this morning, when 
the N'eiv York Herald sent a reporter to my house and wanted to 
know if I could not give them my speech this evening, I said 1 had 
not thought about what I was going to say. He replied, " Our Sun- 
day paper goes to press very early, and we would like you to give 
us a part at least of what you are going to say." I began to think 
a little what I would say, and I told him I would get a stenographer 
and would think it over. I have the stenographer's copy, as sent to 
the Herald, here, and will repeat it : 

It is proper that I should recall to you, Veterans of the Twelfth 
and officers and men of the active regiment, who are our guests 
and with us to-night, some memories of the day we celebrate and 
of the incidents connected with it, and something of the men who 
sacrificed their lives upon the field of battle for that flag and for 
our country, from the ranks of the Twelfth Regiment, as a part of 
the purpose of our reunion and as a part of the history of a reg- 
iment that is an honor and a pritle to all who belong to it and have 



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belonged to it, and to the City of New York, its home and the home 
of most of its heroes, and to the Empire State of New York, whose 
flag has been carried by the Regiment with honor, side by side with 
the stars and stripes on many battlefields. 

Thirty-three years ago to-day, on the west side of Union Square, 
many of you who are here present (and it is a remarkable fact that 
so many of us are spared to live and think of that day) with many 
a brave fellow who has crossed the river never to return, shouldered 
arms at your country's call and marched to the front to defend and 
uphold that flag. The services of your regiment were offered to 
the Government by its colonel before the call for troops had been 
made, but were not accepted, because the Regiment was so small in 
numbers. An offer of the services of the Regiment to the general 
Government was met by the response that we were not strong 
enough in numbers, but was answered by me with the statement 
that we would bring one thousand men to the front within twenty- 
four hours' notice. (Cheers.) The Regiment was accepted and tele- 
graph notice was sent by myself to Lieutenant Colonel Ward, with 
whom a previous understanding had been made that the companies 
would open recruiting offices. The announcement was made, and in 
twelve hours from the time that the officers and men o fthe Regi- 
ment began work a full regiment was raised and ready to start. 
(Cheers.) Many of the gallant veterans of the Twelfth who 
started on that day thirty-three years ago had never shouldered 
a musket. The active and energetic work of your lieutenant- 
colonel, in a short time, with the means of patriotic citizens, 
and with the funds in hands of the Regiment, equipped the 
entire body of one thousand men witii the blue chasseur uniform 
which you wore during your first period of nearly four months of 
service in the field. (A voice : Three cheers for Lieut. -Colonel 
Ward.) You all remember those days of work, of energy and of 
devotion to the duty which had called you out. In less than 
twenty days from the time you assembled and marched off 
from Union Square your Regiment had no superior in its drill, 



14 OLD GUARD ASSOCIATION. 

discipline and efficiency. (Cheers.) The orders of the day for work, 
which some of you will remember, tested your most vigorous 
efforts to fit yourselves for the duties assumed. Your Regi- 
ment was the first regiment to muster into the service of the 
United States from the City of New York for a period beyond thirty 
days. To your Regiment was accorded the post of honor in lead- 
ing the advance to Virginia on the night of the 24th of May, 1861. 
To your Regiment was accorded the honor of guarding the flanks 
in the march of Patterson's column in the presence of the enemy. 
And there is a man sitting at the head of that table who knows 
something about this — Colonel Ryder — who was the man ordered to 
take the advance and sent with his company in advance as skir- 
mishers. I was asked a question by Colonel Dowd of the active 
Regiment, while sitting here at dinner, with regard to the circum- 
stances connected with that order. I don't think all the veterans 
have ever understood it. The order came from General Heintzel- 
man (he was then colonel) to report at the head of the Long 
Bridge at one o'clock in the morning, to do it quietly, secretly, 
without noise or confusion. We moved out, as you will remember, 
by the whistle. (Cheers.) We arrived at the head of the Long 
Bridge, and fifteen or twenty regiments were about there. In that 
old brick house were the colonels of all the regiments that had 
been ordered out, and there also was Colonel Heintzelman. He told 
the position that each regiment was to take after we had crossed the 
river, also the line of march; and after he had explained it clearly we 
all sat as quietly as you are here. Presently, tramps tramp, traiip, 
clank of sabre was heard on the stairs, and General Mansfield, who 
was assigned to the command, entered the room. " Colonel Heintzel- 
man, are you ready ? Why don't you move, sir ? " he said. " It has 
not been stated who shall lead, " replied Colonel Heintzelman. 
"Why," said the General, "Colonel Butterfield's Twelfth Regiment, 
of course." Well, I would have marched you all into the river after 
that. 

'I'he same rulino- and the same construction of law that gave to 



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15 



a Vermont reijiment the medal of honor would entitle every vet- 
eran of the Twelfth who remained for two periods beyond the 
ninety days for which they were mustered in, to a similar medal. 

When you were mustered out of the service, one-half of^the 
Regiment volunteered again to enter the service of their country, 
and by good fortune came to my command, the Third Brigade of 
the First Division of the Fifth Army Corps, and made a glorious 
and honorable record of service for their country. The remainder 
of the regiment made new companies to fill up the vacancies caused 
by those that had enlisted for their country and performed two tours 
of duty of three months each, with commendation from the Govern- 
ment for that service. The "war battalion" in the service met with 
severe losses in the field. Around these walls hang the portraits of 
some of the gallant men who gave their lives upon the field of battle. 
Fisher, you all remember as the young and handsome sergeant- 
major of the Regiment, became a lieutenant, and was the first from 
the Twelfth to fall while serving on my staff at battle of Gaines Mills, 
taking an order to the Eighty-Third Pennsylvania Regiment of that 
Brigade. Hoagland fell gallantly leading his company in a hopeless 
assault at Fredericksburg. Woods, brave, handsome, young, and as 
noble a patriot as ever lived, fell leading his company in a gallant 
charge later in the war. There is Baxter, of the Old Baxter Blues, 
who fell leading his company in the battle of Chapultepec in the 
war with Mexico. There is Sweeney, who left an arm on the battle- 
fields of Mexico and who served through the war, winning the 
general's stars, honored, respected and loved by his comrades. 
There are Chamberlain, Hilton, Cromie, and others here. You 
know them ; if you don't you ought to, and I will get Colonel Dowd 
to court-martial any officer of the active Twelfth who does not know 
them. 

When the war closed the gallant Ryder, who, we are thankful, 
lives, was then taking the paroles of the captured at Lee's surrender 
at Appomattox. The Twelfth was the first in the field to lead and 
Ryder was the man who led the skirmish line across the Long 



i6 



OLD GUARD ASSOCIATION. 



Bridge and heard the last shot fired, and with General Oliver, of the 
Twelfth, aided in the discharge of the final duties connected with 
the surrender. 

In the glorious monument recording the services of the Forty- 
fourth, one of the regiments of the fighting brigade, with which the war 
battalion of the Twelfth was associated, your Regiment is united. It 
stands on the field of Little Round Top at Gettysburg, a memento 
in solid granite and bronze that will recall for ages the record of the 
service of the battalion. Your services and your career are at once 
a sentiment to and an answer to the sentiment of the first toast on 
the list, " The Union and the Flag." It is, then, a satisfaction and a 
pride to me, and a pleasure to call upon my personal friend and a 
gallant officer, who fought by my side in many a battle, whose ser- 
vices were of the most brilliant character, the oldest living graduate 
of the Military Academy at West Point, and the youngest man here, 
although he is 93 years old — General George S. Greene, (Cheers). 




SIXTY-SECOND STREET ENTRANCE TO ARMORY. 




l-'rom riiuto. taken at Gettysburg, July 2d, ]8;i3.) 

najor=Qeneral George Sears Greene. 



General (jreene was born in Warwick, May 6th, iSoi. He is a descendant 
from John Greene, Deputy-Governor of Rhode Island, whose father, John, came 
from Salisbury, England, in 1635, and settled in Warwick, R. I., 1645. 
George Sears Greene graduated at the U. S. Military Academy at West Point 
in 1823, second in his class. He served in various garrisons and as instructor 
at West Point until 1S36, when he left the army to become a civil engineer. 
He re-entered the army in 1S62 as Colonel of the Sixtieth New York Regiment, 
and was appointed Brigadier-General of Volunteers April 28th, 1862. He com- 
manded a brigade at the battle of Cedar Mountain and a divison at Antietam. 
He led his Brigade at the battle of Chancellorsville. At Gettysburg, on the 
night of July 2d, 1S63, with a part of his Brigade, he held the right wing of the 
Army of the Potomac at Gulp's Hill against more than a division of Con- 
federate troops, thereby averting a disaster which would have resulted from 
turning the right wing of the Army. He was dangerously wounded in the jaw 
in a night engagement at Wauhatchie, near Chattanooga, October 2Sth, 1863- 
This wound disabled him from active services till January, 1865, when he re- 
joined Sherman's Army in North Carolina and participated in the engagement 
preceding Johnston's surrender. He was brevetted Major-General of Volun- 
teers for his services March I3lh, 1805, and retired from the .'\rmy in 1S66. 



IRcc^poncic of General 6eoroe S. Greene. 



Mr. President, Soldiers, Gextlemkn : — Bred as I have been 
to the public service, I have not the graces of oratory, and will not abuse 
your patience by attempting to make a speech ; but I will say a 
few words on a subject which is very near my heart. 

Are we doing our duty to our country in making use of the 
knowledge and experience which has come to us in the course 
of our service during the late war ? We all know the great value 
of knowledge of drill and discipline to troops on entering the 
service ; none know this better than the old Twelfth Regiment of 
the New York National Guard, whose excellent training in drill and 
discipline placed them, on entering the army, among the highest 
grade of volunteer soldiers. Are we who, in the course of our ser- 
vice in the Civil War, acquired some knowledge of the value of 
military training for troops entering on active service — are we doing 
our duty to our country by inducing the generation of young men 
to enter some military organization in order to prepare themselves 
by knowledge and practice for the military service in defense against 
foreign aggression, or in support of law and order and right ? Some 
of these occasions will surely come to us, if history repeats itself, 
as it has to all other nations. We know not when the occasion for 
the service of the rising generation will come, but it surely will 
come. Let us see to it that the younger generation is prepared by 
due military instruction to be ready to render good service to their 
country. Every young gentleman should be bred to arms, that he 



20 OLD GUARD ASSOCIATION. 

maybe ready, when the time comes, to serve his country with credit 
and honor to himself. It is our imperative duty to influence as best 
we can the rising generation to prepare themselves for military 
service. 



General Butterfield : — Gentlemen, our next toast is " The 
Citizen Soldier." As we are all citizen soldiers, we shall have to 
call upon an outsider to respond to that toast, or we shall be talking 
too much about ourselves. As General Greene is the oldest living 
graduate of West Point, if we call upon about the youngest gradu- 
ate we shall strike a happy medium. It is our great good fortune 
to have with us to-night a man who graduated in the Engineering 
Corps at West Point, and who wrote a most brilliant story, which 
most of you have read because of its title, " My Official Wife." I 
presume many of you have official wives. Later he wrote another, 
which even surpassed " My Official Wife " — " The Anarchist." And 
I therefore feel that he of all our number most felicitously character- 
izes the citizen soldier. I have the honor of introducing to you 
Col. Richard Henry Savage. 




f-^" 




Cj>PlcJi^*^*^ ^zMe^rt^^^ QycLAT^^^ 



IRcciponse of CoL 1Ricbar^ lbcnr\> Savaoe. 



General BuTTERFiELD, General Greene, Veteran Soldiers 
OF THE Twelfth Regiment, and Officers of the Active 
" Twelfth " : — It is with very great pleasure that I have accepted the 
invitation of your distinguished Chairman, General Butterfield, to ap- 
pear before you this evening. I am happy to testify to the respect I 
entertain for the Twelfth Regiment, which in so promptly honoring the 
call of the Government at the outbreak of the war, not only honored 
itself, but also the great loyal State of New York, of which it was a 
noble representative. I will ask those present to bear with General 
Butterfield in his courtesy of entering into an encomium as regards 
myself, because I go through life with two titles of introduction and 
honor. The one is that I am indebted to the United States for my 
education at the Military Academy at West Point (a cadet appoint- 
ment from California enabled me to be educated within the State of 
my birth); the second is that of being a born townsman of General 
Daniel Butterfield, New York's typical citizen soldier, who cast 
aside the pursuits of daily life and entered that dread field of civil 
war to which the North was so frequently invited by the Southern 
gentlemen, who "sought for a fight and got it." 

Among the first men whom those fiery Southerners desired to 
interview in that "little unpleasantness" were "those sassy fellows 
from New York ! " It was the proud distinction of General Butter- 
field to head New York's flower of youth to those fields of honor, 
and to return leading them proudly home in victory to New York 



24 OLD GUARD ASSOCIATION. 

again. The Grand Army of the Union was composed almost en- 
tirely of citizen soldiers. The small regular army was but a rallying 
nucleus. The very words "citizen soldier" bring up to the earnest 
and loyal American citizen the most thrilling and affecting memories. 
How stand our warders to-day ? 

We are possessed of a small and well-trained Regular Army, 
the educational headquarters of which are at West Point and the 
Practice Schools. That gallant organization is represented to-night 
by the distinguished senior graduate, General Greene, a beloved 
and venerable man. 

In the State of New York you have securely located one of 
the greatest national arsenals as well as the stored-up monied 
wealth of the country. A great, an important trust. While we all 
know the magnitude of the interests which are at stake in times of 
sudden foreign war, to whom do we look for the protection of our ex- 
posed cities and for the repelling of the foreign foe ? To the small 
regular army? It is inadequate, however gallant, to such a task. 
We groan under no legions. No I for, thank God, the temper of 
the American people is decidedly against the maintenance of any 
formidable body of professional'=,o\di\&x'=, devoid of State pride; but 
looks to the volunteer, who has a citizen-like adherence to the 
flag of his countrv. We mav turn our eyes to-day to armed 
Europe, where 1 have lately seen magnificent standing armies ar- 
rayed in all the insolence of war and military pride. 

You see there the trained soldier, but where do you see the 
citizen soldier? They are the sport of princes. You see abroad 
the professional fighter, who may win the favors of a grateful sover- 
eign ; but where except in our country — for whose integrity so 
many of you fought and for which the rest of you will htici/ling \.o 
fight — can you find the man who takes his bayonet and goes forth, a 
thinking, self-respecting citizen, to fight for his home and the honor 
of the flag ? 

It is to the practiced arts of foreign governments alone that 
we owe the intricate science of war and the rules for the technical 



RESPONSE OF COL. R. H. SAVAGE 25 

training of men to become professional soldiers, men always will- 
ing to throw themselves across anj' frontier and carry War's relent- 
less devastation with them I In Europe the mute battalions are 
often ordered to the front and handled as mere instruments of 
military ambition or to enhance the useless glory of a hereditary 
crown. But our thinking armies march on with the life blood of free- 
dom coursing under the only flag of equal rights in the world, led 
by representative national citizens like General Butterfield. Useful 
in peace, such leaders leap to the front at their country's call. It 
is to the citizen soldier, not to the marauder, the legionary, that we 
owe respect. We honor the man who draws his sword only in de- 
fense of his country. It is to such quickly evolved hosts that our 
beloved country may turn with confidence in times of war and lean 
upon them with a sense of their responsibility to the law. Our hosts 
return in victory to lay the laureled sword of War at the feet of the 
Civil Power I 

The most touching sight to an American, in leaving his own coun- 
try to go out upon the trackless sea, is the star-gemmed American 
flag fluttering in farewell on Sandy Hook. His keenest joy on re- 
turning is to see his own flag upon his native heath, covering in its 
sheltering folds proud city and quiet prairie. It is not for thieving 
butchery or greed of conquest that the flag of the United States is 
carried abroad, but it is displayed in national dignity to enforce the 
principles of respect for republican doctrine and for our great 
country. Liberty's dwelling place is ours, for which, in three great 
foreign wars and the shock of internecine troubles, the blood of gen- 
erations of good men has been shed as well as the labors of cultured 
citizens expended, to found and frame peace and tranquility and 
the institutions which we quietly enjoy to-day. 

Gentlemen, we are simply republicans ; we are living in a 
time of an apparently profound peace. Yet, for all this, if ever this 
country needed the citizen soldier, its interests demand him to stand 
ready now ! We rely to-day upon the citizen soldier, aided by the 
counsel and advice of such trusty veterans as I see before me to- 



26 OLD GUARD ASSOCIATION. 

night. The times are ominous of dissensions. In New York, the 
Empire State of the Union, hundreds of millions of dollars are piled 
up in vaults, exposed to the lawless attacks of any sudden mob or 
to become the prey of any one of those desperate men thrust up by 
vilest passions, whose only effective barrier is the law. 

To whom, then, do we look for safety, tranquility and the en- 
forcement of those lavs which give, in their due course, equal rights 
to all men in the land ? Let the rich man, in these days of unrest, 
be considerate and /nercifi/I to the poor, and let the poor man, in his 
anxieties, beware that he does not criminally grasp vi\\dit does not 
belong to him. Should trouble arise, what then? It is only to the 
citizen soldier of this country that we look for our ultimate protection. 
We rely in our need upon the respectable, the trained, the drilled 
man, who, respecting himself, respecting others, obeys his orders, 
without regard to politics and without regard to degrees of wealth. 
It is to the National Guard that we look for this peace and tran- 
(luility and to sustain the civil power at home. They must aid our 
devoted Regulars as well to defend our borders against invasion and, 
if necessar}', prove their worth in carrying our national colors 
gloriously abroad. 

It is to the cjuickly mobilized citizen soldiers, who taught the 
liritish how freemen could bravely die, that we look for the land's 
defense. In the war of 1812, General Jackson, a self-made American 
citizen, had but a week or two to train his raw levies of men and to 
teach them to take the colors in a fair fight of every British regi- 
ment that landed at New Orleans. The vancjuished were the 
men who had concjuered the great Napoleon on the fatal field of 
Waterloo. Jackson proved the worth of freemen at bay. It is 
with pride in being a native-born American citizen that 1 can state 
that I know of batteries of our volunteers in the last war who never 
used a shot in practice till they went into action, but who stood up 
in the shock of battle and never faltered in the fight. I know of 
citizens joining regiments that have been spoken of later as models 
of military efficiency, and who never shouldered a loaded musket 



RESFOXSE OF COL. F. H. SAVAGE. 27 

before entering the field of actual fight, and yet they soon might 
have served as a drillmaster's models. 

To you, Veterans, I say that your dead are to you priceless 
memories ; to the great State of New York, a stored up treasure and 
a national heritage of honor. It is only for your successors in 
later times, with, perhaps, different problems, to remember your deeds 
of the past. To feel as you did that a guardsman's obedience to 
his flag, his discipline, his self-restraint, is what he returns to his 
Government for the honored name of "soldier." 

I know that the future of the State of New York is safe in the 
hands of her sons, always to be found rallying around her proud flag. 
As a Southern gentleman said at Richmond, when he came out to 
view the field of the dead after one of those " Seven Days' Battles," 
in which General Butterfield so greatly distinguished himself, '' Let 
us go and see if we can't find some of them damned fellows from 
New York ! " They found them dead on the field of honor. They 
found them first in fight, last in retreat. Though checked often, still 
they found them coming back. They found them at Fredericksburg in 
seried ranks of gallant dead. They found the flag of New York flying 
" in their honor," with a foe's stern welcome. They found them by 
myriads at Gettysburg, when, as Chief of Staff of the Army of the 
Potomac, your own hero, General Butterfield, assisted in forming the 
unbroken lines which withered Lee's laurels with their volleyed rifle 
blast. 

Look at the graves of the soldiers who fought under the Ex- 
celsior flag in 1S62, '63 and '64— the dark days — and see the record 
of those dauntless men who died, with ages ranging from twenty-two 
to twenty-four. It touches even the grim god of War. That 
heroic self-denial. 

New York e.xpects such duty from her chosen sons. It is a 
pride to the veterans of your regiment to know that you were led 
out early to the field by a man who had informed himself in the arts 
of war and looked forward with prophetic eye to those conflicts 
which inevitably embroil even the most prosperous nations. In the 



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seven hundred years of the chequered history of ancient Rome the 
" sacred gates " were closed hwtfour times, and but onceoxAv under 
the reign of Numa Pompihus, the sage, who buih them. The gates 
of war were then always open in Rome. The gates of the United 
States are in our day open to many undesirable foreigners who have 
come here to breed internal dissension. 

Unrestricted immigration is the curse of our land. In the time 
when sudden trouble comes, let it come from whateve?- quarter it 
may, and burst upon the busy community which looks to the en- 
forcement of the laws alone for protection, it is to the loyal native- 
born citizen soldier we look for protection. The country's safeguard 
is the man who goes forth and draws his sword to fight for the 
laws, for his family, his kindred, his home, his country. He is sworn 
to win a soldier's grave on the battlefield's holy ground or conquer 
in his beloved country's cause. It is to him alone that the peace- 
ful citizen looks for that sacred title of our freedom which is found 
alone in the enforcement of our just laws. 'J'he flag of New York 
has 7ievcr been, and never wi/l be, dishonored in such hands. 

All hail, the volunteers of the past, the national guardsmen 
of to-day ! 

To lead her sons in war, to marshal her hosts, a State which can 
alone place an army of several corps in the field, needs the higher 
military talents. New York has not been disappointed in her hours 
of need. Your gallant ex-Colonel, now Major-General, Daniel 
Butterfield seems to have taken our proud State motto as his watch- 
word — " Excelsior " has been his guiding principle. 

'i'he multiplication of colleges with military instruction, the ex- 
tension of the national guard system and the growing numbers of 
West Point graduates foster military studies to-day. We have a 
mass of technical publications, our Bureau of Military Information, 
our attaches abroad, the discussions of the Yeteran Orders, and the 
Adjutant-General's State archives, furnish to the student ample ma- 
terial. 

lUit it \\VL'~, singular ihiii the man who reached the highest honors 
of New York in the Regular Army should have fitted himself alone 



RESPONSE OF COL. R. H. SAVAGE. 29 

for the field. The sudden outbreak of the war found Daniel Butter- 
field in the flush of young manhood, already a successful busi- 
ness man. 

Born in Utica, in 1831, he was graduated from Union College 
(which has since made him a Doctor of Laws) in 1849. Taking up 
the vast projects of his eminent father, John Butterfield, he applied 
his remarkable talent for organization to the handling of our then 
growing telegraph, express and overland mail facilities. It was the 
strategy of peace which aided Daniel Butterfield in perfecting his 
latent military talents. A born leader of men, cool, energetic, 
decisive, with a ready eloquence and a never-failing wit, he was cer- 
tainly well fitted to organize men. This career, which has since 
rounded into a cosmopolitan fame as scholar, thinker, orator and 
man of high affairs, was interrupted by that war at which our wise- 
acres sneered. 

Your colonel, prepared by private study, personal training and 
silent, watchful patriotism, hastened, before the shoelz of war., to 
Washington to offer his untested abilities and his undrawn sword to 
the cause of freedom. It was nobly, promptly done. Drilling levies 
in Washington l)efore the call, he was the first to offer a citizen 
regiment from the State of New York to the Government. The 
story oi your pride and glory is a common one, lit up with the star 
of his fame. 

It is a proud memory to all here — that moonlight night of May 
24th, 1861, when Colonel Daniel Butterfield led the loyal Twelfth 
over the Long Bridge into Virginia. Treason trembling at its 
Rubicon, found a stern foe in Mansfield and Heintzleman, who 
warmly greeted Dan Butterfield's soldierly promptness. The ride 
of that night led him to the '■'■ double stars," and many a brave fellow 
far beyond them. Then, when the bayonets crossed later in fight, 
the heart of the young leader was tried to its very core. 

Unpopular in drill severity, stern in discipline, he won his men's 
hearts as he dashed along the line crying, "Come on, boys ! Give 
them back a Roland for their Oliver ! " The story of his career is 



30 OLD GUARD ASSOCIATION. 

the story of twenty-eight pitched battles. It is the chronicle of 
campaigns in the East and West. It is vouched for by two severe 
wounds, by a Congressional Medal of Honor for heroism at Gaines' 
Mills, and by every token of military distinction which the country 
has to give. 

In the smoke and flame of battle, the " four-o'clock-in-the-morn- 
ing " courage of Lannes was pierced out with the inspiring coolness 
of a Junot. A brigade in Patterson's column, Third Brigade, Fifth 
Corps, a division at Second Bull Run, the Fifth Corps at Fredericks- 
burg, a division in the Atlanta campaign — these honors were soon 
his by dint of headlong bravery. The promotions which took the 
Colonel of the Twelfth away from you led him to the duties of 
Chief of Staff of the Eleventh and Twelfth Army Corps at Chatta- 
nooga, and also the great trust of Chief of Staff of the Army of the 
Potomac at Gettysburg. 

Worn out, fevered, wounded, weary, still the man whose call, 
"Dan-Dan-Dan-Butterfield-Butterfield," rallied you on many a field 
was always loyal to your interests. He fondly watched his old 
covcKVCidiViiX, the first to cross the fated river^ to that proud day when 
Lee's flag of truce came through the Third Brigade lines, and the 
gray coated Southern veterans moved sadly by their stacked arms, 
under your guard, as prisoners. 

A singular good fortune followed you and your commandtr 
throughout the desperate conflicts of the war. General Butterfield's 
command captured the fiist guns at Hanover Court House, taken by 
McClellan in the Peninsula, and, at Resaca, gained for grand old 
" Uncle Billy Sherman " the only rebel guns he got before the fall 
of Atlanta. It was in that bitter battle of Resaca that a shell tore a 
tree down behind General Butterfield, who brushed the scattered 
bark from his order book, signed his dispatch without a word, and 
rode calmly into the fight. 

Conspicuous gallantry honors any man. Intelligent and valu- 
able services r;-^7t''« such a character. To your chairman the Army 
owed its Corps badges — the organization of the Cavalry Corps of 
the Army of the l\)tomac, and several other important measures. 



RESPOA^SE OF COL. R. H. SAVAGE. 31 

The heroic General Thomas recommended him for corps com- 
mander, and his powers of organization were proverbial. He held 
and covered Thomas' communications at Chattanooga. He upheld 
General Meade's heavy burdens at Gettysburg, and had the proud 
distinction of returning to the State of New York the sacred 
battle flags of its one hundred veteran regiments after Lee's sur- 
render, when there was no longer a foe to fight. 

The energy, capacity and sense of soldierly duty shown by him 
as your Colonel, 07i broader fields, led him to that experience which 
caused him later to be selected by Generals Howard and Slocum to 
take military command of General William T. Sherman's funeral, 
and also by your Centennial committee to organize a hundred 
thousand citizens in the Centennial Parade. 

Known and honored at home, his abilities in logistics were recog- 
nized by the Emperor of Russia, who bade him ride with him as his 
personal military guest at a Grand Review at KrasnoeZeloe. On 
the continent of Europe a superior military circle has acknowledged 
the eminent talents of the Colonel of the Twelfth, his old comrade, 
the Comte de Paris, being to-day his bosom friend. 

It is seldom given to a general to marshal ten thousand vet- 
erans of a decisive battle, thirty years later, en the same field where 
they fought; but so, in the name of the State of New York, at the 
selection of Generals Slocum and Sickles, did your chairman at the 
Gettysburg Dedication of 1893. 

The scope and possible extent of a citizen soldier's career is 
exemplified in the onward progress of your chairman, from private 
of Neu< York Militia to a cosmopolitan renown. x\ny simple private 
soldier, as sentinel, may hold a great commander silent at his bayo- 
net's point. The individual W(i'«^M/«^////<?^'-//>'/, instructed in his duty, 
is the responsible unit of which typical armies are made. Such a man 
has every rank within his reach, and, especially in times of riot and 
disorder, the quality of the individual soldier determines the most 
important events. Duty, intelligence, fidelity and bravery are the 
examples set for emulation by your veteran commander, our hon- 
ored chairman. 



32 OLD GUARD ASSOCIATION. 

Officers of the Twelfth Regiment, and those veterans among 
you who have been associated with General Butterfield at the front, 
who have listened with pride to the address of your gallant general 
this evening, in speaking of those you once loved, and who are 
noii< dead and gone, a shadow steals over your mirth. 

Once the bayonets were a thousand and the swords were 
thirty-seven, as Miles O'Reilley said when eleven officers out of the 
thirty-seven of the New York " Forty-seventh" had gathered in a 
solemn farewell. They had drank, on April 20th, 1864, to the 
health of the departed comrades whom they had loved and lost. 
Noble friends, gone before, you also had cherished comrades who 
fought and died a hero's death under the colors of the Twelfth 
Regiment. They are absent to-day, absent but unforgotten. Their 
hallowed memory is with us to-night here. Let their successors 
follow their example of duty; let those who kiu-cc and loved them 
ever cherish their honored memory. Those men did not die in vain. 
They laid down the most precious heritage men can offer — their 
lives— for their eoiintry. As the gallant Colonel Halpine sang once, 
" 1'hey have been with us to-nightl" 

" And the room seemed filled with whispers 

As we looked at the vacant seats, 
And, with choking throats, we pushed aside 

The rich, but untasted meats : 
Then, in silence, we brimmed our glasses. 

As we rose up — just eleven — 
And bowed as we drank to the loved and dead 

Who had made us thirty-seven I " 

At the call of the country, when the great Commonwealth of 
New York summons you to arms, "the mystic chords of memory " 
( President Lincoln's immortal words ) binding you to your brothers 
who died in harness, shall thrill you at the stern roll call of duty, 
and nerve each manly voice to its ringing answer — " Present! " 



General Butterfield: — Veterans of the Twelfth, active men 
and officers, I have in my hands a medal which has been offered 



RESFOiYSE OF COL. F. H. SAVAGE. 33 

to the man who shall bring the most recruits into the Twelfth Regi- 
ment during the year. The terms and conditions of this competition 
have been fixed l)y the officers of the Regiment. Upon request 
I have opened it to veterans as well as to the active men. This 
statement is made as an introduction to the next toast, to which 
I had hoped to call on one of the veterans of the old brigade, to which 
the Twelfth belonged, to respond. In his absence I naturally con- 
cluded that the proper one to respond to the toast would be the 
distinguished comrade at my side, Department Commander Shotts, 
of the Grand Army of the Republic, who fought by the side of the 
Twelfth at Hanover Court House. Department Commander 
Shotts, however, asserts the prerogative of a commander and names 
a comrade to speak for hmi. I have, therefore, much pleasure in 
introducing Judge Sanford to respond to the toast "The Veteran." 




COMPANY B BARRACKS. 
CAMP ANDERSON, 1861. 





Department Commander John C. Shotts, 

G. A. R., N. Y. 



IResponee of Ibon. Ibcnrv^ 3, Sanforb. 



Gentlemen: — I am pleased with this opportunity and with the 
invitation to be here. I am especially pleased with this very fine 
send off of General Butterfield's. A person who could not talk 
after being introduced so eloquently ought certainly to be fired out. 

Veterans and active men, I am requested to respond to the Toast 
" The Veteran." But while Veterans live these greetings will have 
a background of sadness, when they look back into the cold 
trenches along the Potomac and the James River, the Wilderness, 
Antietam and Gettysburg and see those pale faces sleeping on and 
on in silent martyrdom for our undivided Republic and our un- 
sullied flag. (Cheers.) First of all, on occasions like these, all honor 
to the honorable dead. The ties which call us here are indescrib- 
able, but surely they are the sweetest blessings of our life, and if the 
Republic, as a whole, could be taught to understand how fraternally 
we journey on together through life, nearing the Jordan, our happi- 
ness would be increased; for such patriotism is the sole life of the 
nation and the greatest commendment to Him who rules all 
Generals and all Armies and all Nations. 

Truth, the majesty of nature, is calm and silent, while error, its 
enemy, is very boisterous, and we see under that same rule the great 
Generals of War are silent and unpretentious in times of peace. 
What a strange contrast is produced in the story of the soldier who 
came from the war (he was not a member of the Twelfth). His 
father met him and said, " My dear boy, I greet you on your return 
from the war, and surely I hope you were a good soldier. Tell me, 



36 OLD GUARD ASSOCIATION. 

my son, what was the first thing you did when you arrived upon the 
battlefield ? " "I will tell you, father. The first thing I did was 
this : I met a great big, broad-shouldered rebel, and I drew my 
sword, and the first pass I made at him I cut off both his feet." 
" My son, why didn't you cut off his head ?" "Oh, father, it was 
already off." (Laughter.) "Tell me, my son, how many rebels you 
killed in the war." " Oh, father, I didn't stop to count them, but you 
can bet I killed as many of them as they did of me." 

It often occurs that the princes of war are poor in peace, and 
that the unfortunates in peace are the victors in war, and we are 
sometimes gently reminded by the public press, from sources not 
very loyal or fraternal, that there are too many veterans living. I 
presume it may modestly be suggested that there were none too 
many in the sixties. (Cheers.) There were more living then than 
now, and had there been a few less there would have been no pen- 
sion roll to-day, no flag, no occasion like this, doing honor to the 
grand regiment in this magnificent centre of the whole world. 
Had there been a few less there would have been no royal gem of 
the ocean, no " Columbia the Gem of the Ocean," and over the 
graves of Washington, Lincoln and Grant, would have toiled the 
quarry slave. This occasion, comrades, should not pass without us 
thinking about him who fell in that mighty whirlpool of treason ; 
for long shall we seek his likeness, as Nature formed but one such 
man as he, the great and noble Lincoln. The grandest kings and 
queens of life are those who need no crown to mark their great- 
ness. Through all the vicissitudes of war and peace for iSoo years; 
through all the conflicts of wisdom, ignorance and avarice; through 
all the complications of fame, fortune, peace and folly; through all 
the contentions of Church and State, those principles taught by the 
humble Galilean in the morning of this world have ever stood 
pre-eminent in the building and being of man, and they will ever so 
stand^as long as time. Comrades, your record in history is sublime, 
and number Twelve has become a regimental honor upon its pages 
and the name of Butterfield is immortal. May the record of peace, 



RESPOA^SE OE BON. HENRY J. SAN FORD. 37 

for good government and honorable men, continue to add additional 
laurels to your banner, and may you all live to a grand old age in 
the sweetness of personal reciprocity. Comrades, the safety of your 
achievements depend upon your care of them in the future and 
upon your mindfulness that the snovvflake of liberty falls into the 
urn of government untarnished, and that its voice always speaks 
uncorrupted by personal or partisan clamor. Then will be added 
to the pride of every American citizenship the pride of American 
soldiery, and the time will hasten when there will be no islands in 
the midst of the sea shaded from human kindness. 



Genkral Buttekkield: — The Veterans having been toasted, 
and Colonel Dowd being obliged very soon to leave in order to 
catch a train, I do not propose to let him get away without respond- 
ing to the toast "The Active Regiment." Give your attention, 
comrades, to the efficient Colonel of the Twelfth. 






Colonel Heman Dowd, 

Commanding 12th Regiment, N. Q. 5. N. Y. 



Colonel Dowd, son of William S. Dowd, who was for many years presi- 
dent of the Bank of North America, New York City, graduated from the 
United States Military Academy, West Point, June, 1876 ; appointed 2d 
Lieutenant 3d U. S. Artillery, June, 1876; appointed ist Lieutenant 3d U. S. 
Artillery, November r, 1881. Resigned from the United States Army, July 
I, 1883. Elected Lieutenant Colonel of the 12th Infantry, N. G., S. N. Y.. 
April, 1885, and Colonel of the 12th Infantry, N. G., S. N. Y., October, 18S9. 



IRcepoiic^c of (loloitd 1I:)cman Dowb. 



Gentle.mkn OK THE OldGuard: — I won't speak to the active 
regiment, because you have heard my voice very frequently. I think 
that since my connection with the active regiment I have been 
called upon to respond to this toast on an average about three times 
a year. I said everything I could to you about the active regiment 
at the last meetin^^, and when General Butterfield came to me and 
said that he pro[)osed to ask me to respond to the toast, I asked 
him if he couldn't get some one else to put in my place. I told him, 
however, that if he gave me orders to respond to the Toast the only 
thing for me to do was to obey, and I immediately proceeded to feel 
very much as the soldier did when the young lady was visiting the 
hospital, and being anxious to do something for his comfort, approach- 
ed and said, " Sir, isn't there something I can do for you ? Can't I 
bathe your head ? " The old soldier replied, " Madam, I have had my 
head bathed thirty-nine times since yesterday morning. If it will afford 
you any pleasure, however, you can do it again." That is my position 
with regard to the toast, "The Active Regiment," and I don't think 
I can add any pleasure in responding to this toast. This is an occa- 
sion on which the active regiment should remain in the background. 
General Butterfield came over to the armory on the 6th of 
March and gave us some ideas as to how a review should be taken. 
I don't think there is anybody in the United States that 1 ever saw 
take a review in a more soldierly or striking way than the General 



40 OLD GUARD ASSOCIATION. 

did on that occasion.* The General quietly came into my office a 
few days after and suggested that competition be open to the 
veterans for his recruiting medal. His orders I obeyed, and I im 
mediately reported the fact to the officers ; and we sat down in sack- 
cloth and ashes, for we knew if the veterans were going to compete 
there was no use in our trying. I had some idea of taking that prize 
myself. I have a little squad at home that I am drilling, and I 
thought they might be old enough to put on the list. Now 
that the veterans have got in, we have nothing to do but follow be- 
hind, as we have always been doing. I think the chief inspiration 
to-day to the active regiment lies in what it knows of what has been 
accomplished by the Twelfth Regiment in the past. 

Example is everything when you can't get the men all alone, each 
one by himself, with a special instructor to tell him what he should 
do ; so a man cannot pass through the halls of our armory without 
seeing the pictures which convey to him the ideas which we wish 
to keep before him of what has occurred ; and being stirred to a 
more sturdy devotion, first to the responsibilities that rest upon him 
as a citizen of the State and of the United States, and second, to the 
responsibility that rests upon him as a member of the Twelfth 
Regiment. He sees what has happened before, and, gentlemen, in 
that we have our motto. 

The active regiment to-day is growing very rapidly, I think, 
under the impulse given to it by what occurred at your annual 
dinner a year ago. Never since the beginning of my seven or eight 
years' experience with the Regiment has the true soldierly spirit been 
present to such a degree as it is now. We are training our men to 
be soldiers, and we are teaching them that the first duty of a soldier 
is obedience ; and I know to-day, as you all know, that no order 
could be given to a member of the Twelfth Regiment with a result 
that he should have the slightest idea in his head except to obey it 

* Drum-Major .Toliu M. Siniih, now of the Seventh Kegiineiit, who was DrninMajor of 
the Twelfth in IsGl, licre leaned over to Colonel .lohn I). Ottiwell and spoke so audibly 
that it was iieanl all over the room. " Vou slionld have seen him on tliat horse ' Billy,' 
when he reviewed our l)rigade in Tompliins S(iuare." 



RESPONSE OE COL. HEM AN DO WD. 41 

quickly and thoroughly. Possibly we do not attract the eyes of the 
young ladies as we go down Fifth Avenue as much as some of our sister 
organizations do, but I know how we stand with those who feel that 
they have a responsibility for the proper conduct of the National 
Guard of this State, and I know their compliments lie with the 
Twelfth Regiment. It would hardly be worth while for me to go 
at length into the details of what we expect to do in the future. 
We expect, however, to follow in your footsteps, and let our deeds 
speak for themselves; and I can therefore, gentlemen, leave in your 
hands this idea that we all feel that nothing that is done by the 
Twelfth Regiment shall ever make any veteran in the least bit sorry 
that we are now upholding the name they put so gloriously before 
our State and countrv. 



General Buttekfield : — Colonel Dowd, as you are about to 
depart I place in your hands the badge promised to the veteran, 
officer, or soldier of the Twelfth Regiment who shall recruit the 
greatest number of men from now until April 21st, next year, and I 
sincerely hope that the competition for this badge shall be the 
means of greatly adding to the numerical strength of our beloved 
Twelfth. Gentlemen, I now have the very great pleasure of in- 
troducing to you Colonel Frank V. Greene, of the Seventy-first 
Regiment, which has a warm spot in my heart. I was of it and 
from it, when I came to the Twelfth. He will respond to the 
toast, "The National Guard." 



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Colonel Francis V. Greene, 

Commanding 71st Regiment, N. G. S. N. Y. 



Colonel Greene, son of General George S. Greene, was educated at West 
Point, and graduated at the head of his class in 1S70. In 1872 performed 
important and valuable services as Assistant Astronomer and Surveyor upon a 
joint commission for the survey and demarkation of the boundary line between 
the United States and British possessions, from the Lake of Woods to the 
Rocky Mountains. In 1877 was sent abroad by our Government and as- 
signed as Military Attache to the United States Legation at St. Petersburg 
to witness the military operations between Russia and Turkey. His report is 
entitled "The Russian Army and its Campaigns in Turkey, 1877 and 1S7S." 

From April, 1879, for six years, had charge of the engineering work upon 
the streets, roads and bridges in Washington, D. C. 

Entered the National Guard as Major and Engineer of the First Brigade, 
State of New York, November, 18S9. February, 1892, was elected Colonel 
of the Seventy-first Regiment. 



1Rc6pon£ic of Colonel ffranl^. \i\ 6rcenc. 



General Butterfield and Gentlemen ok the Twelfth 
Veterans and Active Soldiers: — I thank you very much for your 
kind reception. It is with great diffidence that I attempt to 
respond to this toast, especially when I see before me the vet- 
erans of the National Guard, who have known all about its affairs for 
ten or twenty or thirty years, and some of them for forty years. Com- 
pared with them 1 am a mere recruit in the National Guard, not having 
served my first five years. It certainly would be presumption on my 
part to tell you anything about the National Guard of New York, which 
you yourselves have made— about its future or its present. The Na- 
tional Guard has a well-defined position in our military system, fully 
as well defined as the army itself. It is the modern outgrowth of the 
old militia. As my friend and fellow-student at West Point, Col. 
Savage, has told you in glowing language in which I cannot under- 
take to follow, it is the militia on which reliance has always been 
placed. Sometimes they have been disappointing for lack of training, 
but beginning with Lexington and Bunker Hill, through the Wars 
of the Revolution, through the War of 1812, at Buena Vista, and 
again in '61, it was the National Guard, or, as it was called, the 
Militia, upon which reliance was first placed. As it was in the past 
so it will always be in the future. 

These April days are days of reminiscences to all the National 
Guard Regiments. My own regiment marched out as yours did 
thirty-three years ago to-day. It did not have the honor of 
being the first regiment to cross the Potomac into Virginia, but it 



44 OLD GUARD ASSOCIATION. 

did have the honor to remain ten days after its term of service had 
expired, and to leave on the fields of First Bull Run lo per 
cent, of its members before it marched off in good order, covering 
the retreat. Thirty-three years marks a generation. Forty years 
ago hardly any one could be made to believe that a war was possible 
in this country. For many years before that time there had been 
discussion about a fundamental question of human rights, but no 
one believed that it would not be possible to settle it without war. 
But it had to be settled by war. It is now twenty-nine years since 
we have had any active service, except two street riots in New York 
and one in Buffalo; and many people now wonder whether the 
future may not have other questions in store which also will have to be 
settled by war. In the last generation it was a question of human 
rights; some people think now it may soon be question of property. 

Whatever the future has in store for us, we may be sure 
that if trouble comes it will come first of all upon the National 
Guard. We have fought in the past, and unless those who now 
have charge of affairs look out we will have to fight in the future. 
To those in the active service the present is with them, and the 
future is before them, and they cannot but think of what the future 
will bring forth. On us rests the duty of so preparing in time of 
peace, in time of quiet, that when the struggle comes we may not 
be found unprepared. Although I am a junior in the National 
Guard among the Colonels in New York, and although I am com- 
paratively a recruit in the National Guard, I think I may safely say 
for the other regiments in the brigade, as well as for yours and 
for my own regiment, that if the hour comes when the National 
Guard shall be called out it will not be recreant to the traditions 
of 1861. 



General Butterfield: — In proposing the next regular toast, 
"The Old Guard," I have much pleasure in introducing Major E. 
I^llery Anderson, a member of the Old Guard of the Twelfth, who 
will respond. 




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LIFE SIZE PORTRAITS 

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Of Former Officers of the Regiment 
At the Armory of the Twelfth Regiment, N. G., S. N. Y, 



" Brig. -Gen. John Jacob Astor, 
^ Maj.-Gen. Francis C. Barlow, 
'' Lieut.-Col. Charles Baxter, 
^ Capt. James A. Boyle 
'' 1st Lieut. W. W. Chamberlain, 
Col. John S. Cocks, 



'•Capt. William Huson, 
■'Brig. -Gen. Fred.T. Locke, 
■^ Brig. -Gen. Paul A. Oliver, 
~Col. Henry W. Ryder, 

Col. Henry G. Stebbins, 
'Maj.-Gen. T. W. Sweeny, 



''Col. S. Van Rensselaer Cruger, "Surg. Henry M. Thurston, 

k- Maj. James Cromie, ■" Lieut. Joseph Turkington, 

'•Lieut. Edward M. Fisher, "Col. John Ward, 

"Col. Henry A. (jildersleeve, "Col. Henry A. Weeks, 

^'Capt. Joseph Hilton, ''Capt. William S. Woods. 
^'Capt. William H. Hoagland, 

OTHKR POKTRAITS ARK PROMISED. 

War Scenes in Oil. 

Twelfth Regiment Crossing the Long Bridge in 1861. 

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" Battle of Resacca." " Engagement at Groveton." 

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" General Custer's Last Fight." 

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The Battles with Mexico. 

A Killed in battle or died from wouiuis received in battle. 
-Served in war and battle. 



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Comrades of the Twelfth, young and old, the distinguished 
General presiding over this entertainment has told you how in 1861, 
when the services of the Twelfth Regiment were proffered to the 
United States, the objection was made that their numbers were not 
sufficient; and how thereupon in the brief period of twenty-four 
hours one thousand good and true men were enrolled — one thou- 
sand men who marched forth and did their full duty. When their 
short term of enlistment had expired, most of them sought and 
obtained permanent service in the army, to be continued until their 
cause had triumphed or their lives should have been laid down in 
the defense of their country's integrity. (Cheers.) But, comrades, 
the organization of the Regiment remained; it was again called to 
duty in 1862, and by reason of the absence of its members at the 
seat of war its numbers were again too small. 

On that occasion I had the good fortune — a matter of vvhich 
I have always been proud — to be associated with the Twelfth 
Regiment. We appealed to the City of New York for recruits, and 
in twenty-four hours our ranks were full once more, the entire one 
thousand had been enrolled. In the mythologies of old we read of 
heroes who grasped up Mother Earth and from the dust thrown 
from their hands men rose up in multitudes. It was not thus that 
the Twelfth Regiment was recruited; the men of New York came 
forth in answer to their country's call, and in less time than it takes 
me to tell the story the ranks were again filled to overflowing. 

It is this patriotic devotion which is our country's real strength 



48 OLD GUARD ASSOCIATION. 

and safeguard. It is because in the hearts of the citizens of this 
nation there burns a sacred fire that is always ready to answer the 
call to duty, which can at all times be depended upon, which during 
the Civil War poured forth men in countless numbers and shed the 
blood of the children of this land as if it were water. It is for these 
reasons that our country is eternal and our flag shall forever wave 
over a free and happy land. 

Well I remember the march down Broadway, the encampment 
on the Battery, the journey to Baltimore, the first awkward efforts 
of our raw soldiers in discharging the most ordinary duties to which 
they were assigned. We were taken to Harper's Ferry and our 
chief service was performed there. Many of those here present 
well recall the camp of the Twelfth Regimental Harper's Ferry: the 
Potomac on the North, Maryland Heights rising upward to the sky, 
from the South came the swift-flowing Shenandoah and Loudon 
Heights on the East, and the fatal tongue of land between these two 
rivers on which ten thousand men good and true, who, by the in- 
efficiency of those in command, were served up to slaughter or to 
capture. 

I can to-day see the field where our own tents were placed: 
the tent of Col. William G. Ward, of Lieut.-Col. Satterlee, of him 
who addresses you. On the next line the tents of our Captains, 
John Ward, Billy Burns, Banta, Allison, Barclay; the large A tents 
of the men and the constant motion of our active camp life. I can 
again recall the drums and fife, the guard mounting, the company 
and battalion drills, the evening parades and the (juiet days that 
preceded the battle which resulted in our capture. 

Well, too, can you and I remember the momentous day when our 
scouts reported that Lee's soldiers hatl swept across the Potomac at 
Point of Rocks, twenty miles below, the gathering of the Confederate 
Army, near Frederick City, and its retreat on Sharpsburg just 
above Harper's Ferry on the Potomac. We seemed to have been 
left like a child on the sand when the rise of the tide sweeps beyond 
him and on its return threatens to engulf him. Division after 



RESPONSE OF MA J. E. ELLERY ANDERSON. 49 

division of the Confederate Army occupied first Maryland Heights 
and then the stretcli of land south of Bolivar Heights, between the 
Potomac and the Shenandoah, and finally closed in upon us on 
Loudon Heights. There still echoes in my memory the hissing 
shells that came upon us from every direction during Saturday, the 
19th of September, and which gleamed like rockets against the sky 
when darkness had set in. 

On the following Monday the enemy had planted a battery at 
the base of Loudon Heights, from which they opened an enfilade 
fire upon the lines of our men, to which no answer could be made, 
so that after a brief resistance Harper's Ferry was surrendered and 
its garrison, including the Twelfth Regiment, N. Y. S. M., became 
prisoners of war.* 

Subsequently the Regiment was exchanged, and from its ranks 
continued to contribute soldiers and officers who made a glorious 
record for themselves and for the Twelfth Regiment. The Old 
(iuard has been recruited from those who in the past served as 
members of the Regiment. 

Comrades, if the example of those who rendered service in the 
years that have gone by is of any advantage to you, we stand before 
you to-night to declare that of all the events of our lives there is 
none to which we point with the same pride and gratification as the 
fact that we were enabled in some measure to contribute to the 
protection of our flag and the preservation of our Government. 

Years have accumulated upon us, the elastic movements of 
youth are ours no more, some of us are baldheaded and old, but 
the love of our country still remains undiminished. 

Nos morituri salutanus. We who are about to pass away and 
to give place to the young, we of the Old Guard say to you of the Young 
Guard: At all times do your faithful and honest duty to the flag 
which floats over you, which protects you, and which protects right 
and property in this great land of freedom. At all times, as the 

* The war battalion of five companies, under Colonel Weeks, was at this time serving 
with the Army of tlie Potomac, in the First Division, Fifth Corps, consolidated with the 
Twelftli Vohinteers in Bntterfleld's Brigade. 



50 OLD GUARD ASSOCIATION. 

years roll by which are to bear you from youth to the place we 
occupy to-day, accept as your own and as the guide and director 
of your actions that noble motto : 

" The Old Guard may die if need be, but never surrenders. 



General Butterfield:— It is a painful duty to make an 
apology for our esteemed guest in that he speaks of passing away. 
I feel like the man who said, " Me and ^^anderbilt are the richest 
men in the world." General Greene and myself represent one hun- 
dred and fifty years or more ; we are not thinking yet of passing 
away, but intend to stay as long as possible. Some years ago I 
was in Boston, and on my way back I met General Sheridan, who was 
going to Vermont ; he insisted on my going along. We stopped at 
one of those small rural towns; they had no waiters at the little inn 
where we were entertained, and they called upon the ladies of the 
town to serve the dinner. They did so and proved very good-looking, 
and the finest waiters I ever saw. General Sheridan, General Ingalls, 
a number of friends and myself were seated at a table just as we are 
here now and the Vermonters where you all are down there. To my 
great surprise, after General Sheridan had been toasted, the next 
toast was, "General Butterfield, Chief of Staff of the Army of the 
Potomac." I tried to get out of it. They had a little music to give 
me time to pull myself together. I began by telling them of the 
respect I had for men from Vermont who had served under my 
command, their courage and skill, especially some of Berdan's men 
and of Stannard's Vermonters at Gettysburg. Then I told them my 
mother was born in Vermont, and that there had always been a 
great mystery hanging over my life which until that evening I had 
never been able to solve. To my great joy, that night had solved it, 
and it was a great pleasure recalling the brave men and soldiers of 
Verrnont, from Ethan Allen down to the present day — the Vermont 
soldiers who had served under me and the beautiful women who 



J^ESFONSE OF MA J. E. ELL FRY ANDERSON. 51 

graced the occasion and served us with such dignity and grace. I 
now knew why my mother, in the days of my youth, so often reached 
for her sHpper and applied it to me. It was because I had not been 
born in \'ermont also. By unanimous vote of those present I was 
made a Vermonter by brevet. I now take pleasure in presenting to 
you my esteemed friend and patriotic fellow-citizen and comrade, 
a gentleman who is a Brother Vermonter, Colonel Joel B. Erhardt. 




ASST. -SURGEON WEIR. PA Y M ASTE R PA LM E R . QU A RTE R M ASTE R AR N O LD. 

MAJOR BOSTWICK'S QUARTERS. 
CAMP ANDERSON. 




BARRACKS AT CAMP ANDERSON. 
COMPANY C, FOWLER STREET. 

What might appear to be snow on top of the barracks are mattresses, 
etc., from the bunks, laid on the roofs to air and dry while the men cleanse 
their quarters. 



a^^re66 of Coloncl 3ocl B. lErbarbt. 



I am sorry, indeed, Mr. President, that the sHpper that was 
wielded in your youth and to which you have just alluded is not 
handy to-night. If it were you would, for asking me to respond, de- 
serve to take your breakfast from a mantelpiece for at least two 
weeks. I, too, am a Vermonter by brevet, by having been educated 
in the University of \'^errnont and by service in the First Vermont 
Cavalry. 

There is nothing more gratifying than to be present at a meet- 
ing of old comrades ; comradeship outranks friendship, and friend- 
ship is greater than love. Love expects returns, friendship desires 
none. Friendships are created early in life ; later we only make ac- 
quaintances. No friendships are so strong as those that come by the 
touch of the shoulder under the rattle of musketry. I have never 
seen this painting of crossing Long Bridge until this evening, except 
as I saw it thirty years ago. 

I never understood how it was that the Seventh Regiment, of 
which I was a member, was compelled to sleep in the avenue, with 
a curbstone for a pillow, while the 7'welfth Regiment marched by 
us. I thought then that it was wrong, and I still think that some 
explanation should be given by General Butterfield as to how it 
happened. The steady tramp, tramp, tramp of the Twelfth as it 
passed by was not agreeable to the Seventh, who were resting with 
their heads on the flagging waiting for orders. 



54 OLD GUARD ASSOCIATION. 

General Butterfield has very kindly alluded to the fact that I 
had enlisted in some other regiments prior to going into the Sev- 
enth. Well, he is quite right. I did not know where the Twelfth 
was or I should probably have been with you ; as it was, I deserted 
from three of them with great promptness. 

I remember I was in the University of Vermont, and the breaking 
out of the war found me m New York ; I enlisted in the Ninth New 
York Regiment. They were discussing in the Ninth as to what the 
Government would do with those soldiers who had signed enlistment 
papers for three years, when the best judges in that regiment had 
determined that the war would be over in three months. ']'hey were 
fearful that the Government would keep them for the balance of the 
three years, and while that was under discussion I deserted ; and over 
on the other side of the old Seventh Regiment Armory there was 
another regiment being organized. I do not remember the number. 
With it I enlisted and took to marching and drilling for a couple of 
days ; there was not much progress there ; so deserting again, I went 
over to the Seventv-first Regiment. It had an armory then on the 
corner of Centre and Grand streets, up stairs, and there I drilled 
around two or three days, when I was offered a commission ; that 
was very kind, so I stayed there for two or three days longer; 
there was no attempt to start, so I left. In walking up 
Broadway I met General John A. f'oster and Joseph B. Young, 
who was Clerk of the Board of Supervisors. One of them said, 
" Erhardt, why are you not going to the war ? " And I said, " God 
only knows I have tried hard enough." " Well," they said, '' we have 
just come on and are going back this afternoon, and if you want to go 
with us, why come along." I said, " Where am I to get a uniform ?" 
They told me. At any rate I bought one. It didn't fit, but fits 
didn't count, for by that time I had had trouble enough. I sent 
word to Brooklyn that I was "off," and I never lost sight of those 
two men for a moment until 1 landed in Washington. I was teaching 
once in the Adirondacks, and got ;|i2 a month ; the second year I 
was in. better demand and I got %\(i and board around ; so I could 



JiESFONSE OF COL. JOEL B. ERHARDT. 55 

not lay up enough money to put down the RebelUon. I do think that 
1 had a dollar, and I don't think that Foster and Young had much 
more. About where the machine shops on the Pennsylvania Rail- 
road now are, the conductor came around for our tickets, and we 
offered him what money we had, which he declined, saying, "You'll 
have to get off the train." We refused. He called the brakeman, 
and there was every evidence of three good soldiers going off into 
the bullrushes as food for mosquitoes, when an old, white-haired man, 
who was sitting near by, heard the scuffle, and slowly removing 
his coat, his long white hair streaming in the wind, said he'd be 
damned if any conductor was going to put off any soldiers going to 
Washington while he was on the cars. All the passengers turned in, 
and they didn't put us off, either. So we beat our way to Philadel- 
phia. I have never been able to understand how we reached Balti- 
more from there ; the bridges were burned ; and it was by boat, cars 
and walking. I remember getting there, for we were very hungry 
and went into a restaurant and ordered ham and eggs. I am inclined 
to think the owner's sympathies were with the Rebellion. He charged 
us $1.50 for two eggs and three small pieces of ham — that was not 
an ^gg apiece — and "bust" us. ^Ve paid the bill, but I regret to say 
that Mr. Foster, Mr. Young and myself each purloined enough from 
the table in the way of forks, salt cellars etc., to make up for the 
difference and add materially to the camp outfit in AVashington, and 
diminished the rebel resources just so much. 

The slight allusion of General Butterfield to my absence of hair 
is a sort of a chestnut, although there is some hair on the burr of a 
chestnut. I don't like it, not because of any allusion to myself, but 
there are baldheaded people here and they may be sensitive. 
I have always said that I would like to see a play on the stage in 
which the hero was a baldheaded man, pure and simple, and I hoped 
to live to see it ; and yet, in looking around here where there are so 
many baldheads, I see baldheaded heroes that were in the greatest 
tragedy the world ever saw. 

I had a permanent cure for baldness. A Mr. Catlin, Harry 
Arnold, myself and one or two others agreed to try it. It was at 



56 OLD GUARD ASSOCIATION. 

Camp Cameron, and consisted of the ordinary American wine, better 
known as corn juice or extract of rye. ' Twas made of rye, quinine 
and salt, well shaken. To prevent any one getting it we dug a hole 
at the bottom of the rear tent pole, and after our morning shampoo 
we generally put the bottle back in the hole. The reason that I am 
really bald, which now I will admit (for there are too many people 
looking at me) was this : The first day after we put that bottle in the 
ground the drunkest colored man I ever saw fell at our door steps, 
and the bottle was gone. He was not sober for two days ; he had 
drank it all and we all became bald. Such little things change the 
destinies of men. Success to the Old Guard. 



General Butterfield: — The clock points to the hour of Sun- 
day morning, and we must close our pleasant evening and defer our 
standard Twelfth Regiment Poet, Colonel John Ward, whom we all 
love, until another meeting, and record his poem in the minutes. 
Colonel Ryder — I see by the twinkle in his eye — is anxious to get 
his train and get home to promote that raising of recruits for the 
active regiment he has promised. Colonel Ottiw^ell, hearty and true, 
has gone to see if the enemy are advancing on us, or to guard his 
lines so he can be with us next year. May we all live to meet then. 
We are content in the feeling we have for our comrades who have 
crossed the river, and when the bugle call sounds we will be ready 
to meet them. The man who has served his country with fidelity 
in the discharge of patriotic duty deserves the highest place in 
heaven. I believe our comrades who are gone before us are sitting 
by campfires that burn brightly, and that when the final summons 
comes, and we cross the great river, there will be no stern challenge: 

Haiti who comes there ? 

To fill the echo of our dj'ing prayer. 

The glorious gates will be wide ajar, 

A welcoming sound will come from far — 
" Parade the colors! " " Roll the drums! " 
" Turn out the guard! " A comrade comes. 



JiESFONSE OF COL. JOEL B. ERHARDT. 57 

'Twas well said by Emerson Brooks, 

" The man who for liberty and country dies 
Needs no further passport, methinks, to the skies." 

Within the past week some of us have followed to his last rest- 
ing place a brave and gallant soldier of high rank, a son of New 
York. The sun was setting on the slopes of Greenwood, over long 
lines of troops — the artillery thundered the last salute — taps sounded 
from the bugle — it was a never-to-be-forgotten scene; and the vet- 
erans turned to their homes. A comrade. Gen. Henry W. Slocum, 
a brave and noble soldier, had crossed the river. Full justice has 
never been done his services. We honor him now; and will close 
the evening by asking the quartette to sing, to his memory, " Let 
Me Like a Soldier Fall." 








Zbc 2)cparturc for Maehington, 



april 2 let, I So I. 



A Poem kv Colonel John Ward. 



The years rolling swiftly recall by their power 

Each brave anniversary, thrilling life's hour. 

Hail, warriors crowned with the Twelfth's noble name! 

Ye honor the regiment's wide-spreading fame I 

Our heroes are honored all over the land. 

But meet where your annual greeting is grand. 

Ye come from the West in her wonderful might. 

Ye come from the East, from the South, with delight ; 

And Washington blesses the band who arose 

To save our proud Capital from her wild foes ! 

Our city shall cherish an April day well. 

When her Twelfth marched for Washington, long may she tell 

How multitudes thronged her Broadway as we passed, 

Recruits half in uniform, veterans massed. 

We sailed for the South, aye for Fortress Monroe, 

Then saw Norfolk's navy-yard flaming aglow. 

With columns of smoke as the evening drew near. 

To save from Virginia a navy all-dear. 

The Chesapeake bore us in grandeur away 

Where Annapolis greeted a warlike array : 

We marched then in might to defend from the foe 

The Capital's glory, all-worthy a blow. 

Ye crossed the Potomac ; the Long Bridge beheld 

True patriots march like the heroes of old ; 

Blest moonlight adorned your brave ranks in the night, 

Virginia prepared for a terrible fight ; 

And, leading the wav for the armies to come. 



6o OLD GUARD ASSOCIATION. 

We silently marched with no sound of the drum : 
Returning to Washington, soon we were borne 
To Western Virginia from Baltimore's scorn. 
Potomac ! at Williamsport fording thy tide, 
Thy river received us to march far and wide ; 
Till Martinsburg hailed us with viaducts burned, 
And then to meet Johnston ye warriors turned I 
Bunker's Hill with our tents showed a valiant advance, 
And gleamed like the ocean, inspiring the glance. 
But Johnston from Winchester rushed to Bull Run, 
Escaping a ruin our march had begun. 
Brave army, now march to fair rivers all-grand ! 
Harper's Ferry's wild beauty is hailed through the land ; 
For proud Shenandoah descends in his might 
To meet fair Potomac, a wonderful sight 1 
And twice have the Twelfth hailed each beautiful stream ; 
For a year rolling by brought the rebels to dream 
Of seizing the Ferry, the Twelfth rose in power. 
But Jackson became the proud chief of the hour. 
Harper's Ferry we held for three days 'neath a fire 
Where Jackson prepared our vast funeral pyre. 
Loudon Heights hurled their shells on our soldiers below, 
And Bolivar answered high Maryland's glow ; 
But Ward at Camp Hill boldly challenged the heights, 
And guided wild cannon and shells in their flights ; 
While, swelling the fierce cannonade more and more, 
South Mountain's brave battle re-echoed the roar. 
Then, conquered by numbers, we saw our flag fall. 
And Miles met his death as the leader of all.— 
Our Twelfth Volunteers with McClellan fought well. 
Ye sprang from the Twelfth, as your blood oft can tell, 
And Gettysburg honors you, Ryder can show 
How e'en Appomattox beheld your ranks glow ; 
Antiet.im and Richmond adorn every name. 
True warriors crowned with the laurels of fame ! 
The Twelfth still maintains a proud name in our Guard, 
Our annals are worthy of many a bard ; 
Pennsylvania saw you advance in your pride 
When Lee was hurled back from the grand mountain siJe 
And Gettysburg's monuments show to the world 
How nobly the flag to the winds was unfurled. — 
Hail, Comrades ! the war is fast gliding away. 
The wonderful armies in mighty array 
Have long ceased to march to the Capital's height. 
Returning to homes all-majestic and bright. 
The Century, hastening now to the past, 
. Can challenge proud Time to excel like the last, — 



THE DEPARTURE FOR WASHINGTON. 6i 

O wondrous Nineteenth that we honor in song ! — 

The next may have struggles, may conquer as long ; 

But such a proud band of great leaders as rose 

To conquer the mighty Rebellion, and foes 

Like those of the South, then may never be seen 

To honor our country of glorious mien. 

O great land of Washington ' where our chief lies, 

Virginia smiles proudly beneath Southern skies. 

Our Grant by the Hudson reposes in peace, 

And gives to the river a fame ne'er to cease. 

Potomac for Washington, Hudson for Grant ! 

While Fame for such heroes all-prowess may chant, 

O fair land of rivers, in music ye roll. 

And wake to new concord the life of the soul ! 

Brave Lincoln adorns the great West with his tomb, 

And gave to the world cruel Slavery's doom ; 

While Sherman and Sheridan slumber afar, 

St. Louis and Arlington each claim a star. 

Magnificent land, girt by mountain and sea, 

With Liberty's breezes, the home of the free. 

Thy sons are thy glory, with noble acclaim 

They proudly adorn the grand temple of Fame ! 

Potomac with Sheridan gently condoles, 

The great Mississippi by Sherman's grave rolls : 

Let choruses join in a harmony grand 

And honor the chiefs of our marvelous land ! 

America rises to honor their tombs. 

And laurels adorn their imperial glooms, 

The States reunited all cherish their might. 

And Treason retreats to the shadows of Night. 

O sons of "Virginia ! see Thomas arise 

To fight for a flag like the bright starry skies I 

And Farragut claims Tennessee for his birth. 

But sleeps near our Grant in the great Mother Earth. 

O hero who conquered New Orleans, sleep 

Within our metropolis, watched by the deep ! — 

The Mexican war tells of Baxter the brave, 

Who gave to the Twelfth a true name all would save. 

Thus war after war shows the Twelfth on the march. 

With glory the regiment honor iheirarch ; 

The Republic shall murmur with pride from her throne. 

All-hail to the Twelfth, while true valor is known ! 

Twin regiments, rising from one mighty Spring, 

Our Twelfth with true glory shall ever take wing. 

While Butterfield leads us, or Ward in his might. 

Where heroes have risen to regions of light ! 




Photo, hti r^uh l-.r.'s.. ,■<'".. /nun Ihf /i:! i ill i iij/ <il the Armor!/. 

Lieutenant Edward M. Fisher. 



Lieutenant Fisher was Sergeant-Major of the Twelfth Regiment prior 
and at the outbreak of the war. When the Regiment started for Washington 
he was commissioned 3rd Lieutenant and assigned to Company L At close 
of the three months term of service he volunteered as a private in E Com- 
pany, I2th N. Y. Vols.; appointed Sergeant-Major February, 1862; received 
a commission as 2d Lieutenant May 30th, 1862; was fatally wounded in action 
at Gaines Mills, June 27th, 1862. Lieutenant Fisher was the son of Elijah 
Fisher, Esq., who was long identified with the " Independence Guard," He 
was a modest gentleman, a sincere patriot and a brave soldier. At time of 
receiving his fatal wound, he was A. D. C. to Brigadier-General Butterfield, 
and was delivering an order to Colonel McLean's regiment, then engaged 
with the enemy. He was carried to Savage Station, where he died on the 
evening of the succeeding day and was buried with honors. 



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Headquarters Department of the East. 
Governor's Island, New York, 
April i6th, 1894. 
Major-General Daniel Butterfield, 

616 Fifth Ave., New York City. 

Mv Dear CrEXERAL: — It is refreshing to me to get at the origin 
of any organization as it is to go to the fountains and rivulets which 
make up the rivers and lakes. I wish I could be present at your 
Reunion of the Twelfth New York; for this Regiment is one of 
those singular fountains of organization that gave substance and 
healthful action to other and larger bodies in our war. 

First, there is yourself, who was the first Colonel of the Twelfth, 
and then Francis C. Barlow, first a Lieutenant of the Twelfth, then 
a Lieut. -Colonel of the Sixty-first and a full Colonel of the same, 
soon passing to the Brigadier and Major-Generalcy. I'here was 
Barnum, Major of the Twelfth, who became Colonel of the One 
Hundred and Forty-ninth, and heightened his brilliant career of 
gallant service at Malvern Hill, and was ever on the upward ascent 
of duty and distinction, from Gettysburg to Lookout Mountain, 
and on to the attainment of a Major-Generalcy also. General 
Oliver we find recorded as a Lieutenant of the Twelfth New York ; 
he also gained all that'you could expect of a young man, passing on 
from rank to rank till he attained the grade of Brevet Major- 
General. What did not General Hooker owe to him in his fearless 



64 OLD GUARD ASSOCIATION. 

and faithful staff service on tiie most l)rilliant field of the war ? 
You know the ever willing and active work of Colonel Ryder, for 
he was on your staff when you for a time commanded the Fifth 
Army Corps. 

To my mind, your own service in our war was unique ; it is no 
place to recapitulate it here, but I remember you personally in 
many battles, especially at Gettysburg, and those at and near Look- 
out Mountain, also at Resacca — that wild southwestern field. 

I hope that other companions and comrades as well as patri- 
otic citizens appreciate, as I do in my mind and heart, the help that 
you rendered our country in the great war. Healthful, cheerful, 
clear-headed, self-reliant, and with special talent for completeness of 
organization, discipline and drill, you were in these respects the 
soldier that I liked. 

But I cannot do justice to the Twelfth New York, because of 
my limited knowledge of its outspread into the rest of the Army. 

With you, who, like myself, served with (rcneral Slocum in so 
many battles side by side, or as Chief of the Army Staff, I should 
have embraced this occasion to bear testimony to his admirable 
record, decided ability and exalted character. Your own part at 
(xettysburg, where you had him and me under your watchful eye, 
will enable you to put in words the story of his work from Meade's 
arrival till the close of the battle, and to tell with emphasis a little 
of what the nation owed to Slocum for his grand operations on the 
right of our lines at Gettysburg. 

However, I never need to suggest to you ittms of remem- 
brance of our deceased comrade; for you are full of them, having 
been yourself so often with him in campaign and action. Please 
explain to our comrades the reasons for my absence from this 
Reunion, and assure them of my continuous sympathy and 
affection. Very truly yours, 

Oi.iVKR O. Howard, 

Major-General U. S. Army. 



letter from General Iboraee jporter. 



15 Broad Street, 
New York, April 5th, 1894. 

My Dear General: — -I have just received the invitation with 
which you have honored me to attend the Dinner of the Veterans 
of the Twelfth Regiment, on Saturday evening, April 21st. 

I am exceedingly sorry that an imperative previous engage- 
ment will compel me to forgo the pleasure of accepting, for noth- 
ing could give me greater gratification than meeting upon that 
occasion the survivors of that famous command. Having served so 
long HI the same army with it, I feel that I am competent to speak 
advisedly of the superb services it rendered in the field from start 
to finish. Its record is one which reflects imperishable honor upon 
the Regiment and especially upon yourself as its organizer and 
first commander. You may well be proud of its history. 

Wishing that all the survivors may have many more years in 
which to enjoy the fame which they so fairly won, I am. 

Yours truly, 

Horace Porter. 
General Daniel Butterfield, 

616 Fifth Ave., New York. 




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Captain William Stockman Woods. 



Joined the Twelfth Regiment in iS6i; Ensign in 1S62; Lieutenant and 
Captain in 1864. Participated in the battles of Yorktown, Hanover Court 
House, Gaines Mills, Turkey Bend, Mahern Hill, Fredericksburg, Chan- 
cellorsvilk-, Gettysburg. Killed in the battle of Weldon Railroad, August 
l8th, 1864. 

Colonel Henry M. Ryder wrote of Captain Woods: " One of the bravest 
officers I ever had was named W. Stockman Woods, formerly a Sergeant in 
Captain Hoagland's Company I). He led his Company (E) in splendid style 
to resist a charge by the Rebels; he reversed the charge and drove the enemy 
back, but forfeited his life. It was not a battle to be noticed in history, but 
nevertheless a fiercely contested hght, and the Twelfth held the field. Woods 
had a bayonet run through him. I had his body embalmed and sent to his 
parents in New York City. He was one of the ablest and best officers I 
ever had." 



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A\'ashini;ton, D. C, Ai'RIL 20th, 1894. 

(iKNF.RAI. DaMKI, Uu 1 I KRFI E I.l ), 

New York City. 

Mv Dkak Gexf.ral: — As you know, I accepted your kind in- 
vitation and promised to be present at tlie Banquet of the Twelfth 
Regiment and its \"eterans. An important case in Court, however, 
deprives me of the anticipated pleasure, much to my regret. 

1 had i)re|^ared for the occasion a few thoughts upon the 
familiar history of that grand old Regiment, which went to the war 
under your command, making such a splendid reputation, which it 
has ever since maintained. I had studied that marvelous battle pic- 
ture of Ciiapultepec which hangs on the walls of the entrance to the 
AVestern Gallery of the United States Senate at the C'apitol here. 
There I saw the martial figure of Lieut. -Colonel Baxter, of the Baxter 
Blues, one of the old Twelfth who fell on that field. General Tom 
Sweeny of the old Twelfth New York, who lost an arm in the Mexican 
War, and others of the companies in the Twelfth who entered the 
First New York \'olunteers, and were wounded in the Mexican 
War, and all the glories of the Mexican War were upon me in con- 
nection with your old Regiment. 

I remember the famed i ,000 of its rank and file, most of 
whom enlisted under you in one day for the defense of the 
Union, who marched to Mrginia and there maintained their old 
laurels under your command. The wonderful drill, discipline and 



68 OLD GUARD ASSOCIATION. 

all-round soldierly qualities you gave them are still the marvel 
and wonder of old soldiers. What a proud appearance they made 
"in battle's magnificently stern array"; what wonderous perfec- 
tion in movement, and what reputation for soldierly character 
both men and officers won in Washington in 1861. For these 
qualities the post of honor was assigned to them by (General Win- 
field Scott in the threatened city near the public buildings, and 
General Mansfield designated them to lead when our troops crossed 
the Long Bridge for the first advance. Many gallant officers from 
its ranks were afterwards killed in battle. All old New Yorkers are 
now and always have been especially proud of it as a peculiarly 
representative, typical regiment for years in their midst and of the 
best type of New York City fighting manhood and patriotism. 

It is a glorious record for any regiment that two of its officers 
became Corps Commanders and three of its officers were wounded 
in battle as Major-Generals, one on each day at the fight at (Gettys- 
burg. Barlow in the first day's fight, Sickles in the second day's 
fight, and Butterfield in the third day's fight ; that is an extraor- 
dinary and startling incident for any regimental history. I 
might continue detailing the glories of your old Twelfth Regiment 
and not do it even then all the justice it deserves. 

I may be pardoned if, as a fitting climax to these achievements of 
a distinctive character, I refer to your great distinction as its 
Colonel, from which you rose by merit alone through suc- 
cessive grades to Brigadier-General and Major-General of A'olun- 
teers, Colonel, ]5revet-Brigadier and Major-General in the Regular 
Army, commanding a Brigade, a Division and a Corps, and as 
Major-General and Chief of Staff of the Army of the Potomac, 
that matchless military organization that never recognized defeat 
nor felt at any time an absence of that immortal power which en- 
abled it always to preserve its dauntless spirit and its unconquerable 
force. In the momentous hours of the country's history you, an 
old commanding officer of the Twelfth, took part in the camp, on 
the battlefield and on the long, weary marches in the great military 



LETTER FROM GEN. JAMES R. O'BEIRNE. 69 

and strategic movements, their councils of war, the plans of 
battle and the execution of them, which in their triumph restored 
the Union. This has made it possible for us to now recount the 
splendid deeds of the glorious old Twelfth as vou will dine about 
your banquet boards, where I should like to say all I have 
written and more. 

When we all meet in the old armory where now the por- 
traits of the gallant sons of the Twelfth killed in battle are, 
and when our "arms are hung up to fright the souls of fearful 
adversaries," to tell over again the story of the fights, and how you 
and the officers and the men of the old Twelfth have made its 
record undying history for all time, worthy of the love, devotion 
and gratitude of your country, for the part you all so splendidly 
performed, and you leading, "the bright particular star," rendering 
it illustrious, let us pledge ourselves anew to the brotherhood of 
the battlefield, to our Tnion and its flag, without a bar or star 
molested, remembering the trials of the citizen soldier who did so 
much to defend and preserve both. 

With sentiments of highest esteem and best wishes for you in 
all your proud and merited distinctions, I am, dear General, 

\'ours faithfully, 

Iames R. O'Beirne. 



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Captain William H. Hoagland. 

Was killed in the batlle of Fredericksburg, December 13th, 1S62. 

Captain Hoagland served five years in the U. S. Engineer Corps at 
West Point, from Februarv 2Sth, 1S4S, until February 2Sth, 1853, under 
Captains G. W. Cullum, George B. McClellan and G. W. Smith. He was 
instructor of Military Tactics of Volunteer .Militia in New. York City about 
six years; served with Twelfth Regiment as 3rd, 2d and ist Lieutenant of 
"A" Company in 1S61, and as Captain of "D" Company, Twelfth N.Y.Vols.,in 
1S62. Participated in ihe battles of Yorktown, Hanover Court House, 
Gaines Mills, Turkey Hcnd, Malvern Hill, Mananas, Antietam and Fred- 
ericksburg. 

In regard to the circumstances of Captain Hoagland's death, CohincI 
Ryder writes : "The Twelfth was lying down in reserve, but under a very 
heavy fire Captain Hoagland raised slightly to give an order to his com- 
maiKl and was shot in the head under the eye. He was buried December 14. 
Weeks afterward I sent out a fatigue party, found the body, and hin\ it sent 
to his relatives in New York. His last words were: ' How beautiful the sun 
goes down.' " 

His Lieutenant. Woods, who took command at Captain Hoagland's tleath, 
writes r)cccmi)er 17th, iS()2, as follows: "lie was as gallant a soldier as 
ever drew a blade; a man who on the field knew net what fear was. To 
know him was to like him, and having his fiiendship was possessing a 
treasure." 



LETTERS OF REGRET. 71 



EXECUTIVE MANSION, 

WASHINGTON. 

Aprii, ijlh, 1S94. I;' 

COL. JOHN WARD, ;|j'J 

Xew York City. 

Mv Dear Sir : 

The President directs me to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 
\(a\\ instant, in which you invite him to attend the dinner to be given at the 
Manhattan Athletic Club building on the 21st instant, in commemoration of 
the departure of the Twelfth Regiment for Washington thirty-three years 
ago. While deeply appreciating the courtesy of your invitation, the President 
expresses his regrets that the pressure of public duty is such that it will be 
impossible for him to be present. 

\'ery truly yours, 

HENRY T. THURBER. 

Private Secretary. 



WAR DEPARTMENT. 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY. 

WASHINGTON. D. C. 



April 17th, 1S94. 
Mv Dear Sir : 

The Secretary of War is in receipt of your kind invitation to be present 
on the occasion of the annual dinner of the Old Guard Association of the 
Twelfth Regiment, N. G. S. N. Y., to be held at the Manhattan Athletic Club 
building on Saturday evening, April 21st, and has requested me to express 
to you his regret that, on account of official engagements here, it will be im- 
possible for him to be with you on that occasion. 

\'ery sincerely yours, 

JNO. SEAGER, 
COL. JOHN WARD, Private Secretary. 

3S West 37th Street, 

New Y'ork, N. Y. 




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Captain James Cromie. 



Captain Cromie commanded " F " Company in iS6i, and " F" Company 
in Twelfth X. V. \'olunteers in 1S62. He was very severely wounded in the 
right arm, between the shoulder and elbow, Ijy a rifle ball at the battle of 
Gaines Mills, June 27, 1S62. The operation of " exsection " had to be per- 
formed. 

Captain Cromie was a faithful and brave soldier. 



LETTERS OE REGRET. 

From Rear=Admiral Qherardi. 



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Navy Yard, New York, 
Ai'RiL 17th, 1S94. 



Sir 



I sincerely regret that a prior engagement will prevent my acceptance of 
your kind invitation to the annual dinner of the Old Guard Association of the 
Twelfth Regiment, N'. G. S. N. Y.. on Saturday evening next. 

Yours trulv. 



COL. JOHX WARD, 

Chairman, &c., 

3S West 37th St., 

Xew York. 



State of New York, 

SC>jutant (Beneral'e ©fflicc, 

Albany. 



April 25th, 1894. 

COL. JOHN WARD, 

Chairman, etc., 

New York Cn v. 

Dear Sir : 

I have the honor to acknowledge the invitation of the Old Guard Asso- 
ciation of the Twelfth Regiment, for its annual dinner to celebrate the 
anniversary of the Regiment's departure for the front in 1S61, and greatly 
res^ret that, circumstances having prevented my receipt of the same until after 
the occasion, I was deprived of the pleasure of being present. 

Yours trulv. 




Adjutant General. 




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Captain Joseph Hilton. 



Was enrolled aiul mustered in as private, Cuinpaiiy E, Twelfth X. ^'. 
Vols., December 17th, 1861; appointed Quartermaster Ser.iicant I'ebruary, 
1S62; 2d Lieutenant Company E, July HI, iSd-j; ist Lieutenant Company I), 
February 251 h, 1S63; Cai)tain Company F, Fifth \. V. \'eteran \'olunteers, 
June loth, 18(14, <nTi mustered out [anuary 27th, 1S65, at Headquarters Fifth 
Army (."ori)s. 

He was present with the Regiment at the siege of Yorktown, \'a.. from 
April 5th to May 4lh, 1802; Hanover Court House, Va., May 27th to 2qth, 
1S62; Malvern Hill, Va., July ist, :3f)2: Bull Run, Va., .\ugust 30th, 1S62: 
Antietam, Md., September i7lh, isr)2; Fredericksburg, \'a., December 13th, 
1S62, and engaged in skirmish duly. He was a brave and competent officer. 



LETTERS OE REGRET. 




City of New Yorf^ 
Office of the Mayor. 



Atril 19th, 1S94. 

COL. JOHN WARD, 

3S West 37th Street, City. 

Dear Sir : 

I am directed by the Mayor to acknowledge the receipt of your polite 
invitation in behalf of the Old Guard Association of the Twelfth Regiment, 
to the annual dinner of that command, on Saturday, the 21st inst., and to 
thank you for the courtesy of the remembrance. He regrets thai on account 
of sickness in his family he will be unable to be present. 

Yours very respectfully, 

WILLIS HOLLY, 

Secretary. 



From General Fitzgerald. 



General Louis Fitzgerald regrets that absence from the city will prevent 
his accepting the very complimentary invitation of the Old Guard Association 
of the Twelfth Regiment, N. (i. S. N. Y., to attend their annual dinner on 
Saturday evening, April 21st, in the celeliration of the thirty-third anni- 
versary of the departure of the Twelfth Regiment for Washington. 

253 Lexington Avenue, 
New York, April 17th, TS94. 




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Brevet=Captain Warren W. Chamberlain. 



Warren W. Chamberlain was mustered into service as ist Lieutenant 
Cumpany (i, Twelfth N. Y. Militia, to date April 2ist, iS6i. He accepted an 
appointment as 1st Lieutenant Fourteenth U. S. Infantry, May 14th, 1S61, 
and was killed at the battle of Manassas Plains, near (Iroveton, \'a., and 
just before the battle of Hull Run, Va., August 30th, 1862. Hrevetted 
Captain to date Aut^nst 3<>lh, 1S62, " for gallant and meritorious service at 
balile of Bull Run, \'a." 

Lieutenant Chamberlain at time of receiving his death shot was on the 
staff of General Sykes, and had been dispatched with orders for Colonel War- 
ren of the Fifth N. Y. \'olunteers (Duryee's Zouaves). His body was not 
found until one week after the battle. 

His undaunted bravery uniting with an unselfish and lil)eral dis[)ositi()n, 
endeared him to his associates and a numerous circle of friends. 



LETTERS OF REGRET. -ji 

ARMORY, 

SEVENTH REGIMENT 

NATIONAL GUARD S. N. Y 

Ai'KiL 25th, iSg4. 

Mv Deak Colonel : 

I was much chagrined upon my return from Chicago to find among my 
correspondence a communication from you requesting my presence at the 
annual dinner of the Twelfth Regiment Old Guard Association, and to cele- 
brate the thirty-third anniversary of your departure for Washington. It 
would have given me great pleasure to have been present, and I am glad to 
know, from the accounts that I have heard, that you had a very pleasant 
e\ening. 

I hope the non-receipt of a reply from me did not cause you any great 
inconvenience, and I remain with great regret, 

Yours sincerely, 



COL. JOHN WARD. 



Colonel. 




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< 1007 V. S. 1888.1 

War Dei'ARTmem, 

ADJl'TANT GENERAL'S OFFICE. 

Washim.iton, Feb. 7th, 188S. 



Hon. ash BEL P. FITCH, 

HurSE OK REI'RESENTATIVES, 

Washinc.ton, U. C. 
Sir : 

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a letter from General 
Daniel Butterfield, of New York City, dated the 3rd ultimo — submitted by you 
to this office the 23rd ultimo — in which he requests (for the purpose of per- 
fecting the regimental records and placing tablets in the regimental armory 
to the memory of those who were killed in battle, or who died from wounds 
received in battle), to be furnished with a list of the names of the killed, 
W(junded and missing of the five hundred men of the Twelfth New York 
Militia, who were organized into five companies and mustered into the 
United States service, and consolidated with the Twelfth New York \'olun- 
teers as companies B, C, D, E and F of that regiment. 

In reply i)lease find herewith, for the purpose indicated, the list desired. 
Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

R. C. DRUM, 

Adjutant (ieneral. 



LIST OF KILLED, WOUNDED, 6-r. 



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LIST OF KILLED, WOUNDED, &c., OF COMPANIES B, C, D, E 
AND F, TWELFTH NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS. 



Thomas Thomley, 
Kobt B. Wallace, 
John Detraii, 

I(ilii) Murphy, 
John Scannel, 
Abraham Haker, 
Arthur H. Greene, 
lames W. I lunter, 
Richard l.anghain, 
lohn Mc(jinley, 
lames Bancher, 
David \V. Bar, 
Charles ISrown, 
loseph Denvie, 
Charles (i. Fentun, 
Darius Gates, 
Patrick Griffin, 
Patrick Kane, 
Henry Keenan, 
Archibald H. Limbeck, 
William H. Lopez, 
I'red. Meins, 
Richard O'Brien, 
Henry C. Perigo, 
Frederick Prots, 
Daniel Rierdan, 
Teddy Sweeny, 
James J. Wesilake, 
loseph R. I'earce, 

Henry C. Ackerly, 

George Colbum, 

Wni. S. Force, 
Michael Murray, 
Michael Reardon, 
Geo. H. Smith, 
Wm. Fowler, 
Christopher Edie, 



Corporal, Co. B, Killed in action, lune 27th, 1862. 

Aug. 30th, 1862. 
Private, " Died Sept. nth, 1S62, of wounds 

received Aug. 30th, 1862. 
" " Killed in action Aug. 30th, 1862. 

1st Sergeant, '" Wounded July ist, 1S62. 

July 30th, 1862. 
June 27th, iSf)2. 



.Sergeant, 
Corporal, 



June 27th, 1862. 
July 1st, 1862. 
July 1st, 1862. 
Private, " " July 1st, 1862. 

June 27th, 1862. 
June 27th, 1862. 
Aug. 30th, 1862. 
Aug. 30th, 1862. 
July 1st, 1862. 
July 1st, 1862. 
.Aug. 30th, 1S62. 
July 1st, 1S62. 
June 27th, 1S62. 
.Aug. 30th, 1862. 
July rst. 1862. 
Dec. 13th, 1862. 
June 27th, 1862. 
Dec. r4th, 1S62. 
lune 27th, 1862. 
July 1st, 1S62. 
Aug. 30th, 1S62. 
Corporal, Cc C, Died Sept. 13th, 1862, of wounds 

received Aug. 30th, 1862. 
Private, " Died Feb. 7th, 1863, of wound 

received Dec. 14th, 1862. 
Died Sept. 9th, 1862, of wound 

received Aug. 30th, 1S62. 
Killed June 27th, 1862. 
June 27th, 1862. 
" Aug. 30th, 1862. 

byaccidenl June 17th, 1862. 
Captain, " Wounded .Aug. 30th, 1862. 

2d Lieutenant, " "■ June 27th, i362. 



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OLD GUARD ASSOCIATION. 



Chas. L. \V. Brenner, 
James Cochrane, 
Alexander \V. Willis, 
Wm. W. Reardon, 
John E. Albin, 
David Bush, 
Wm. Comrie, 
Charles J. Ellis, 
Edward Fountain, 
Patrick Frain, 
Fred. Glenn}', 
Chas. E. King, 
Tobias Lock wood, 
John Mahan, 
Henry A. Mover, 
John Zissell, 
Wm. H. Hoagland, 
Henry C. Burton, 
W^illiam Fawcett, 
John Downs, 

Patrick Gafney, 
Allen Reid, 

Philip Brady, 
Charles Betts, 
John Clooney, 
lames Cochrane, 
Jacob Euth, 
Thos. Garvey, 
Fred. F. Guinand, 
John Trainor, 
John Wolf, 
Edw'd M. Fisher, 
Chas. Garrison, 
Thos. Stack, 
John Hammell, 
Edw'd Hanlon, 
Daniel Kelley, 
Wm. D. McBeth, 

Henry Murphy, 

Patrick Powers, 
Ambrose Smith, 
Henry W. Ryder. 
Paul A. Oliver, 



1st Sergeant, Ci 
Sergeant, 

Corporal, 
Private, 



Captain, Co 

1st Lieutenant, 
1st Sergeant, 
Private, 



Sergeant, 
Private, 



d Lieutenant, Co 
Corporal, 



Private, 



Captain, 

1st Lieutenant, 



C. Wounded Aug. 30th, 1S62. 

July rst, 1862. 

Aug. 30th, 1862. 

June 27th, 1862. 

June 27th, 1862. 

June 27th, 1S62 

July 1st, 1862. 

June 27th, 1862. 

Aug. 30th, 1862. 

July 1st, 1862. 

June 27th, 1862. 

July 1st, 1862. 

Aug. 30th, 1862. 

July 1st, 1862. 

July Ist^: Aug. 30th, "62. 

Aug. 30th, 1862. 

D, Killed in action, Dec. 13th, iS()2. 

June 27th, 1862. 

June 27th, 1S62. 

Died Sept. 8th, 1S62, of wounds 

received Aug. 30th, 1862. 
Killed in action, Aug. 30th, 1S62. 
Died at Richmond, Va., Nov. 26th, 
1863, while a prisoner of \Var. 
Wounded June 27th, 1862. 
June 27th, 1862. 
June 27th, 1862. 
June 27th, 1862. 
June 27th, 1S62. 
June 27th, 1862. 
Aug. 30th, 1862. 
July 1st, 1862. 
" June 27 & Aug. 30, '62. 
Killed in action, June 27th, 1S62. 
June 27th, 1862. 
Aug. 3uth, 1862. 
July 1st, 1S62. 
.Aug. 30th, 1S62. 
" " Aug. 30th, 1862. 

Died Oct. 13th, 1862, of wounds 

received Aug. 30th, 1S62. 
Died Jan. ist, 1863, of wound 

received June 27th, 1S62. 
Killed in action, July ist, 1862. 

June 27th, 1862. 
Wounded -Aug. 30th, 1S62. 
June 27lh, 1S62. 



LIST OF KILLED, WOUNDED, 



David Martin, 
Elzay Richards, 
James White, 
Wm. Willett, 
Peter Boylen, 
Wm. Faulkner, 
Wm. Graham, 
Rob't Hunter, 
James Kelly, 
John McCarty, 
John McCauley, 
Michael Murphy, 
James Pursley, 
John Toonan, 
David Whetmore, 
Peter J. Ames, 
Geo. L. Delahunt, 
James Dumia, 
Wm. Eaton, 
James. H. Fowler, 
John McGrovey, 
George St. Lawrence 
James Cromie, 
James A. Bates, 
Francis McCready, 
John Algia, 
James Casey, 
David Clark, 
Rob't Comey, 
John Caffrey, 
Wm. Farlow, 
Henry Fitzgerald, 
Ritchie Greer, 
John Keenan, 
Martin Kenned}', 
David Laughlin, 
Wm. Love, 
Isaac N. Mason. 
Joseph McAfee, 
Patrick Morgan, 
Thos. Scanlon, 
Wm. Series, 
Patrick Shields, 
George Temple, 
Wm. Hutton, 



Sergeant, Co. E, Wounded Aug. 30th, 1S62. 

June 27th, 1862. 

Aug. 30th, 1862. 

Corporal, " " Aug. 30th, 1862. 

Private, " " Aug. 30th, 1862. 

date not shown. 
" " July 1st, 1862. 

" June 30th, 1862. 
" " June 30th, 1862. 

" " Aug. 30th, 1862. 

" " June — , 1S62. 

June 27th, 1862. 
" " July 1st, 1862. 

June 27th, 1862. 
" " " July 1st, 1862. 

Co. F, Killed in action, June 27th, 1862. 
July 1st, 1862. 
July 1st, 1862. 
July 1st, 1862. 
" " July 1st, 1862. 

" " July 1st, 1862. 

" June 27th, 1862. 

Captain, " Wounded June 27th, 1862. 

1st Lieutenant, " " June 27th, 1862. 

Corporal, " " July ist, 1862. 

Private, " " July ist, 1862. 

" July 1st, 1862. 

Aug. 30th, 1862. 
" date or place not shown 
July 1st, 1S62. 
Aug. 30th, 1862. 
Aug. 30th, 1862. 
" " July 1st, 1862. 

" Aug. 30th, 1862. 
July 1st, 1S62. 
July ist, 1862. 
July 1st, 1S62. 
Dec. 14th, 1862. 
Aug. 30th, 1862. 
" " " Aug. 30th, 1S62. 

" " June — , 1862. 

" " July 1st, 1S62. 

" July 1st, 1862. 
July 1st, 1862. 



" Killed Dec. 6th, 1S64. 
Companies B, C, D, E and F (with the other companies of the 
m.ent) took part in the following named engagements, viz : 



82 OLD GUARD ASSOCIATION. 

Siege of Yorktown, Va., - - April 5th to May 3rd, 1862. 

Hanover Court House, Va., - - May 27th, 1862. 

Gaines Mills, Va., - - - June 27th, 1862. 

Malvern Hill, Va., - - - June 30th and July ist, 1862. 

Bull Run, Va., - - - Aug. 30th, 1862. 

Antietam, Md., . . - - Sept. 17th, 1862. 

Fredericksburg, Va., - - Dec. nth, 13th and 14th, 1862. 

Chancellorsville, Va., - - - May 2d, 3rd and 4th, 1863. 

The above-named companies were consolidated into a battalion of two 
companies (E and D), which battalion was present at and near Gettysburg, 
Pennsylvania, during the battle of July ist-3rd, 1863, as provost guard. 

Companies E and F, Fifth New York Veteran Volunteers, formerly com- 
panies E and D, Battalion Twelfth New York Volunteers, were on detached 
service at Headquarters, Fifth Army Corps, from July ist, 1864, to April 30th, 
1865, as provost guard, and did not take an active part in the several battles 
in which the Regiment (Fifth New York Veteran Volunteers) was engaged. 

Note. — At Gettysburg the battalion performed most valuable service 
under my own orders and observation, and were more exposed than many 
that were wounded. — Butterfield. 



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The Monument of the Forty-fourth and Twelfth N. Y. Regi- 
ments, on '-Little Round Top," was dedicated July 3rd, 1893, when 
the New York State Commissioners, including Generals Sickles, 
Slocum, Carr, Porter, and Colonel Richardson, Governor Flower 
and his staff, General Butterfield, Colonels Conner, Nash, Gibbs, 
and a large representation of the old Third Brigade were present. 

The following was received from Captain James T. Long, the 
Gettysburg Battlefield Guide and Delineator, in reply to an inquiry 
as to the general opinion of visitors with regard to the monument. 

Gettyskurg. Pa., August 2Sth, 1S94. 

Caii . W.M. H. ScHWAi.HE, Secretary, 

Old Guard Association-, Twelfth Recument. 

Dear .Sir and Comrade: 

Of the 360 moinimciUs on Gettysburg Battlefield, that of the Twelfth 
and Forty-fourth New York is the most admired, and universally conceded 
to be the grandest and most appropriate memorial erected here in 
memory of an organization. It is the only one where the rank and file 
have been remembered. It is the largest and most costly Regimental 
Monument on the field, and has the most historic location — "Little 
Round Top," the key o{ the field. Of the thousands who visit Round 
Top every month, all stop to view the monument, and the general 
expression is: " Well, this is superb." The history of the regiments will 
remain there for centuries. The monument is founded on a rock, and is 
built with extraordinary strength and durability, of solid granite and bronze. 

1 am very respectfully, 

James T. Long. 

Note. — The appropriation by the .State of New York was doubled by 
General Butterfield upon the condition that the rank and file should be 
remembered and their names go on the monument. 

Bronze tablets giving the history and records of the Forty-fourth New 
York are all in position. 

Bronze tablets with Coat of Arms and history of the Twelfth are in 
course of preparation. They will be very handsome and costly. Contribu- 
tions for this purpose, and to aid in completion of the requirements of the 
monument, may be sent to Captain Charles E. Sprague, Treasurer, with in- 
dications of their purpose, and will be properly acknowledged. 




Cujjh'iJ, , VI',. Iruiii p.iiiiliii'i at tlir Armuri/. 

Colonel Henry G. Stebbins. 

First Commandant of the Twelfth Regiment, 

N. Y. 5, M. 



N. Y. S. M. 



The Twelfth Regiment was organized in pursuance of an act 
passed May 6th, 1847, and by a General Order dated June 21st, 1847, 
as the Eleventh Regiment. P>y a General Order dated July 27th, 
1847, the designation of the regiment was changed to the Twelfth 
Regiment, the numeral which had been applied for. 

At the organization, the Regiment was composed of the follow- 
ing comj^anies: 

A, " Light Guard," formerly of io6th Regiment. Captain Edward 

Vincent. 

B, " Benson Guard," formerly of 125th Regiment. Captain Thomas 

Betts. 

C, "Tompkins Blues," formerly of 51st Regiment. Captain John 

^layher . 
— "Independent Tompkins Blues," formerly 222d Regiment, and 
commanded by Captain Charles Baxter. 

D, " Monroe Blues," formerly of 235th Regiment. Captain John 

F. E. Prudhomme. 

E, "Italian Guards," formerly of 252d Regiment. Captain Joseph 

Avezzana. 

F, '' Lafayette Fusileers," formerly of S5th Regiment. Captain 

James Wilson. 

G, " Independence Guard," formerly of 264th Regiment. Captain 

Samuel Reynolds. 



88 OLD GUARD ASSOCIATION. 

As will be noticed by the above the several organizations were 
known as independent companies or regiments, and were commonly 
called " Flank Companies," and utilized in the law of "State Mus- 
ter," which existed at that time, to enroll all the able-bodied men 
in the Militia for "Annual Muster." 

The regniient, as organized by the companies named above, 
was placed in command of Captain Edward Vincent, of the " Light 
Guard." He was the Senior Captain, and continued in command 
until August 6th, 1847, when Jonas Bartlett was elected Major, and 
commissioned September ist, 1847, with rank from date of his elec- 
tion. 

The organizers and first Field Officers of the Twelfth Reg- 
iment were very much more interested in using their efforts to sup- 
ply officers, recruits and other necessary assistance to their Reg- 
iment in Mexico, the " First Regiment, U. S. N. Y. \'olunteers," 
and thus aiding the National Government; rather than for the more 
complete organization of the Regiment at home, which would se- 
cure for themselves regimental honors from the State Government. 
Hence the apparent delay in completing the regimental organiza- 
tion. 

During 1847 the " Tompkins Blues " and " Independent Tomp- 
kins Blues " became one company under the name of "Tompkins 
Blues." Colonel Henry G. Stebbins and Lieutenant-Colonel John 
Jacob Astor were unanimously elected in September, 1847, but did 
not apply for their commissions until the following year. 

The following officers were commissioned in the Twelfth Reg- 
iment during 1847. 

Jonas Bartlett, Major, September ist, 1847, rank from August 
6th, 1847. 

William McCrea, Captain, December 141)1, 1847. rank from 
December 7th, 1847. Succeeding Captain Thomas Betts. 

William McCauly, ist Lieutenant, December 14th, 1847, rank 
from November 23d, 1847. 

Auguste Picard, ist Lieutenant, October iith, 1847, rank 
from September i8th, 1847. 



THE OLD TWELFTH. 89 

Abram B.Warner, ist Lieutenant, December 14th, 1S47, rank 
from December 7th, 1847. 

Samuel P. Ayres, ist Lieutenant, Januar\' 29th, 1848, rank from 
June ist, 1847, wlio for a short time had command of Captain 
Baxter's company when the Captain went to the Mexican War as 
Lieutenant-Colonel of the First Volunteers. 

Morris Miller, 2nd Lieutenant, January 29th, 1848, rank from 
June ist, 1847. 

James A. Boyle, 2nd Lieutenant, December 14th, 1847, rank 
from November 23d, 1847. 

George. W. Betts, 2nd Lieutenant, December 14th, 1847, rank 
from December 7th, 1847. 

September 14th, 1847, the Twelfth Regiment paraded in full 
uniform with white trousers, as an escort to the First Regiment, New 
York \'olunteers (a large portion of the officers and men of this reg- 
iment were furnished by the Twelfth). y 



THK FIRST FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS OF THE IWFLFTH REGIMENT, 
wriH DATE OF THEIR COMMISSIONS. 

Colonel Henry G. Stebbins, May 15th, 1848. 

Lieutenant-Colonel John Jacob Astor, June 26th, 1848. 

Major Jonas Bartlett, August 6th, 1847. 

Adjutant John M. Keeler, April 14th, 1848. 

Quartermaster Junius P. Stagg, April 14th, 1848. 

Paymaster Frederick W. Coolidge, September loth, 1848. 

Surgeon Stephen Mackay, December 4th, 1S48. 

Engineer Johnston Livingston, April loth, 1849. 

Chaplain Junius B. Stearns, November 14th, 1848. 

For two years the companies wore their distinctive uniforms, 
and in 1849 adopted, as a regimental fatigue uniform, a fatigue cap 
and jacket. This uniform was worn by the Twelfth Regiment in 
what is known as the Astor Place riots. 



90 OLD GUARD ASSOCIATION. 

COMPANY CHANGES. 

Under (ieneral Orders No. 40, dated April 25th, 1849, ^ ^^^^'^ 
company was organized under command of Captain Henry Johnson, 
and attached to the Twelfth Regiment. This company was known 
as the " N. Y. Riflemen," and afterwards as the "Black Rifles." 

By General Orders No. 41, dated April 25th, 1849, Company H. 
" Garde La Fayette," of the Third Regiment, was transferred to the 
Twelfth Regiment as Company E of the Twelfth, also taking in 
the " Italian Guard " of the Twelfth. 

The "Benson Guard" was consolidated with, and became the 
"Independence (kiard." 

By General Orders No. 62, dated June 5th, 1849, Companies C 
and I), of the Twelfth, "Tompkins Blues" and "Monroe Blues," 
were consolidated and designated as Company C, "Tompkins 
Blues," under Captain John F. E. Prudhomme, ist Lieutenant John 
Thomas and 2d Lieutenant Peter H. Miller. 



COMPANIES COMPRISING THE REGIMENT IN 1849. 

A Company, " Light Guards," Captain Edward Vincent. 
C Company, " Tompkins Blues," Captain J. F. E. Prudhomme. 
E Company, " Garde La Fayette," Captain Louis J. Le Clerc. 
F Company, " Lafayette Fusileers," Captain Richard French. 
G Company, " Independence Guard," Captain Samuel Reynolds. 
H Company, "Baxter Blues," Captain Frederick W. \Vaterbury. 
L Company, " New York Riflemen," afterwards known as the 

" lilack Rifles," Captain Henry Johnson. 

By General Orders No. 198, dated April i6th, 1850,3 new com- 
pany was organized for the Twelfth Regiment, under command of 
Captain Adolphus J. Johnson. This company was known as the 
"City Blues," and designated as " I)" Company. 




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Brevet Brigadier=General John Jacob Astor. 

First Lieutenant=Colonel of the Twelfth Regiment, 

N. Y. S. M. 



Lieutenant-Colonel Twelfth Regiment, 1S4S-1S51; Colonel and^Brevet 
Brigadier-General U. S. V., 1S61-62. Service with the Army of the Potomac, 
Headquarters at Yorklown, Hanover Court House, Gaines Mills, Seven 
Pines, Turkey Bend, Malvern Hill, Fredericksburg. 

M. o. L. L. U. S. 



92 OLD GUARD ASSOCIATION. 

THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF SOME OF THE CAPTAINS WHO COM- 
MANDED AFTER ORGANIZATION, WI'IH DATE OF THEIR 
COMMISSIONS, 

Captain Richard French, August loth, 1848. 
Captain Henry Johnson, April 25th, 1849. 
Captain Louis J. Le Clerc, May 14th, 1849. 
Captain John T. Cairnes, February 12th, 1850. 
Captain James C. Frederick, March 6th, 1851. 
Captain Adolphus J. Johnson, March glh, 1850. 
Captain Jeremiah Besson, August 2d, 1852. 
Captain Joseph E. Pahner, August 30th, 1852. 
Captain Frederick W. Waterbury, December 15th, 1852. 
About two years after the Regiment had been organized, its 
services were required in 

THi: ASTOR PLACE RIOT. 

This riot occurred Thursday evening, May loth, 1849. The 
authorities had anticipated trouble, and called out the Militia that 
they might be ready to support the municipal police if necessary. 
The Militia were stationed at City Hall Park and other points, 
awaiting orders. 

In the evening when the disturbance began, and the police were 
unable to cope with it, a portion of the Militia were ordered to 
Astor Place; namely, two troops of Cavalry, with Major-General 
Sanford, and the Seventh Regiment Infantry, with Brigadier-Gen- 
eral Hall. The Cavalry preceded and the Infantry followed a 
short distance in the rear. As soon as the fatal firing by rioters and 
the Militia commenced, some of the reserves were ordered up. The 
Twelfth Regiment, under command of Colonel Henry G. Stebbins, 
and Lieutenant-Colonel John Jacob Astor, proceeded up Broadway, 
about 1 1 130 P. M., or near midnight, with loaded muskets. When near 
Eighth Street the Twelfth halted and faced Astor Place. This move- 
ment had scarcely been completed before the rioters made a rush to 
overcome the regiment. Colonel Stebbins promptly gave the com- 
mand, " Readyl " following it with " Aimll " At the first command 
the clicking of the pieces at the raising of the hammers caused the 



ASTOR PLACE AND ^^DEAD RABBIT'' RIOTS. 93 

mob to halt, and at the command " Aim II " they were in full retreat. 

Colonel Stebbins, observing this, gave the command "Recover! " and 

not a shot was fired by the Regiment, nor was the attack renewed. 

The Twelfth remained on duty in the Opera House the following 

day. 

The Twelfth was on duty during the " Dead Rabbit " riots, July 

li\, 4th and 5th, 1857. 

The parade on November 25th, 1S54, " Evacuation Day," was a 
brilliant one in the early history of the Regiment. The Military 
Argus, of December 21, 1854, contains the following in reference to 
the parade of November 25th : 

" 'I'he great feature of the day was the Twelfth Regiment, 
Col. Stebbins, between which and the Seventh, a rivalry honorable 
to both exists. Upon this occasion the Twelfth had decidedly the 
advantage in numbers, and, in fact, their marching and wheeling, as 
well as the Manual of Arms, were in every respect equal to the Na- 
tional Guard. The following table will show distinctly the relative 
force of the two regiments on this day, omitting, of course, the Na- 
tional Guard Troop, which rarely parades with the Regiment : 
Twelfth Rkcwment, Colonel Stebbins Commanhing. 
Field, Line and Staff, ----- 35 

Corps of Engineers, Lieutenant Hubbard, - - - 18 

Company A, " Light Guard," Captain Vincent, - - 69 

'• I, " Baxter Guard," Captain Dyckman, - - 32 

" C, " Tompkins Blues," Captain Besson, - 32 

" H, "Baxter Blues," Captain Waterbury, - - 56 

" F, "Lafayette Fusileers," Captain McCauly, - 28 

" D, " City Blues," Captain Fowler, - - - 5° 

" B, " Washington Light Guard," Captain Thomas, 26 

" G, " Independence Guard," Lieutenant Boyle, - 35 

" L, " Black Rifles," Captain Johnson, - - 94 

" E, "Guard Lafayette " and 11 Pioneers, - - 124 

Pioneer and Sword Guard, - - - - 11 

6to 




" r/7// niiirs.- Full /)/VSS, JS.-,tl. 



Captain Adolphus J. Johnson 

First Captain of the "City Blues." 



COLOXEL RICHARD FRENCH. 95 

Seventh Regiment, Colonel Duryee Commanding. 
Field, Line and Staff, - - - - - -36 

Eight Companies, averaging 36 men each, - - 288 



324 



Colonel Henry G. Stebbins resigned in 1855, and was suc- 
ceeded by Colonel Richard French, August loth of the same year. 

Captain Vincent and his company left the Twelfth Regiment 
by transfer into the Fifty-fifth Regiment, September 29th, 1855. 

In 1857 the Twelfth took part in the reception of the 
"Scott Legion" of Pennsylvania, companions in arms during 
the war v;ith Mexico, and subsequently joined in celebrating the 
anniversary of the surrender of the City of Mexico to the Amer- 
ican Army. 

April 25th, 1858, the Regiment laid aside the old flint lock, and 
adopted the percussion cap lock. About this time the Engineer 
Corps was added to the Regiment, and took the vacant letter A, 
under command of Captain George H. Barr. 



*CONSOLIDATION WITH THE TeNTH ReGIMENT. 

March 16,1859, by Special Order No. 56, Adjutant General's 
Office, Albany, it was ordered that the Tenth and Twelfth 
Regiments be consolidated and be known as the Tenth Regiment, 
under command of Colonel Halsey. This order was promulgated 
from First Division Headquarters, by Major-General Charles 
\\ . Sandford, in Special Order No. 3, March i8th, 1859. The 
order was suspended by a writ of alternative mandamus from 
the Supreme Court, and a modified order issued May 24, 1859. 
The Twelfth was not however consolidated with the Tenth Reg- 
iment. On July 20th, 1859, the " Old Twelfth " proceeded to the 
State Arsenal in Brooklyn, accompanied by a multidude of ad- 
mirers and there delivered its arms and equipments, and returned to 
New York amid animated demonstrations of sympathy and respect 

*N0TE. This subject is treated more fully in the Historical sketch l>y Col. John 
Ward, ou following pages. 



g6 OLD GUARD ASSOCJATJON. 

from all classes. The regimental organization was continued and 
the following order issued immediately after returning to New 
York : 

order naming the regiment " independenc e guard." 

Headquarters Independence Guard, 
Twelfth Regiment, N. Y. S. M. 
New York, July 21st, 1859. 
Order No. 3. 

This Regiment will assemble in fatigue dress for Battalion Drill 
at the Division Armory, on Wednesday the 24th inst., at 7:30 
o'clock P. M. 

In accordance with the unanimous decision of the Board of 
Officers, the Regiment will hereafter be designated, in connection 
with its numerical distinction as the Independence Guard, a 
name commemorative of our earliest national existence, suggestive 
of our rights and privileges as citizens, and a worthy stimulant to 
such exertion as shall reflect lustre both on it and ourselves. 

In making this announcement, your Commandant acknowl- 
edges the pleasure and satisfaction derive'd from such an exhibition 
of unanimity of feeling and interest, as shown by the relinquishment 
of company distinctions, orccmpany prejudices, which have yielded 
tj a mutual determination that the future success and prosperity 
of the Regiment shall be the prominent object of our exertions. 

By order of 

Colonel J. S. COCKS, 

W. G. Ward, Adjutant. 
Edward M. Fisher, Sergeant jVIajor. 

November i6th, 1859, an order was issued from General Head- 
quarters consolidating the Regiment into five companies and as- 
signing them to the Twenty-second Regiment. The five compa- 
nies retained the title of " Independence Guard," anti in a few 
weeks had their original numeral restored, and have since been known 
as the Twelfth Re"iment. 




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Colonel John S. Cocks. 

Twelfth Regiment, 

N. Y. 5. M. 




In Witness VThereof^ <^ /t/ve /euun/o Mi mu /anc/, /m -^ c/(m (/ 
( ^y^/'^Z/'C'''^ ^^^>t>' en i/ii: //eai of oui ^Lor^, one MotMana eu^M nuna'cca 

''c&tuica ^/^.u/i^ f/ f.Aiineieca. 







TWELFTH REGIMENT. 99 

In 1870 Colonel John Ward, of the Twelfth Regiment, contem- 
plathig the publication of the Campaigns of 1861, 1862 and 1863, 
followed the " Preface " with the following " Historical Sketch." 
As the book has not been published, and the sketch is so apropos, 
we publish it in full by permission of the writer. 

" For many years before the civil war, the Twelfth Infantry 
had been well known as one of the prominent regiments in the 
New York State Militia. Its regimental organization dates 
from the 6th of May, 1847, when eight independent companies 
were united under the command of Colonel Henry G. Steb- 
BiNs, continuing, however, to retain their distinctive uniforms 
until two years later, when a regimental fatigue uniform was 
adopted, in which the command did duty during the Astor 
Place riots. In the Autumn of 1852, a showy uniform, the 
peculiar feature of which was a white coat, became the dress 
uniform of the Regiment, and in May, 1853, it was worn at the 
Division Parade on the occasion of the opening of the Crystal 
Palace.* 

" The organization continued steadily to prosper until 1855, 
when a serious blow was dealt to its w'elfare by the resignation 
of Colonel Stebbins. Under his successor, Colonel Richard 
1''kench, the well-known white coats, which had attracted so 
much attention, were laid aside, and the Regiment adopted a 
blue coat and light blue trowsers. Colonel French resigned 
towards the end of 1856, and was succeeded on the 24th of 
April, 1857, by Colonel John S. Cocks, Henry A. Weeks 
being at the same time elected Lieutenant Colonel, and 
William Watts Major. On the 3d of May, 1858, the 
flank company ' L ' [Black Rijies), numbering 94 men, was 
transferred from the Twelfth to the Eleventh Regiment, but 
was replaced by a company of 25 men [Heh/ie's Continentals) 
from the latter regiment, and on the 21st of June, the Engineer 

* This was located at 42d Street and Sixth Avenue, now known as Bryant Parli. 
The Regiment upon this occasion paraded aljout 300 men— all the members not 
having been provided witli the new uniform. 




Ticflfth Reijimnil Full I)r 



Captain William Fowler. 



Captain Company D, "City Blues," Twelfth N. Y. S. M., from 1S53 



Captain Company C, " Tompkins Blues," Twelfth N. Y. S. M., from 
April 19th, 1861, to August 5th, 1861. 

Captain Company C, Twelfth N. Y. S. Yol. Infantry, from August 5th 
i8fti, to July 1st, 1863. 



TWELFTH REGIMENT. loi 

Corps was reorganized, assuming the designation of ' A ' Company. 
On the occasion of the Division Parade, July 3d, 1858, Colonel 
Cocks failed to parade his command and was placed under arrest, 
although no disobedience of orders was intended. This was 
followed l)y an attempt to consolidate the regiment with the Tenth, 
Colonel Halsev, which movement excited the command to such a 
degree that they proceeded in a body to Albany, and paraded 
under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry A. Weeks, taking 
the steamboat Knickerbocker, on Thursday evening, March 23d, 
1859. As the steamboat passed West Point on its way up the river, 
the lights at the barracks were lowered as a compliment to the 
Regiment, and Robertson's band, which accompanied the excursion, 
played several fine airs as they glided by. On arriving in Albany 
the following morning, they visited the Capitol, the Legislature 
being in session, and occupied the north gallery of the Assembly 
Chamber, which was reserved for them by a vote of that body. In 
the afternoon they were met in Broadway, Albany, by an escort 
composed of the Twenty-fifth and Seventy-sixth Regiments, and 
made a lengthy march around the city, passing Governor Morgan's 
house, and paying him the honor of a marching salute ; the object 
of the excursion being to convince the State officials of their actual 
strength and efficiency. 

*' The warmest applause was elicited from the citizens, who expressed 
an entire and earnest sympathy with the Twelfth. The escort accom- 
panied the Regiment to the steamboat, where they embarked, and re- 
turned to New York, arriving at the foot of Robinson Street at half- 
past six on Saturday morning, March 25th, and marching up Broad- 
way to their headquarters at the Mercer House. In spite of this effort 
the Regiment, in July, 1859, was at length disbanded, but continued 
to retain its organization under the name of Independence Guard 
until November i6th of the same year, when it was officially 
designated as the Twenty-second Regiment, with the understanding 
that the original numerical designation should be restored before 
they would be required to parade. On the 7th of December, 1859, 




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Colonel Henry Astor Weeks. 



Colonel Weeks graduated with distinction from Yale College and after 
wards from the College of Physicians and Surgeons. He was commissionei 
Major of the Twelfth Regiment October I2th, 1855, and Lieutenant-Colone 
April 24th, 1857. Resigned latter part of July, 1S59, and was again commis 
sioned Lieutenant-Colonel November 28th, 1859, and resigned the commissioi 
in September, i860. He did not go to Washington with the Twelfth in 1861 
but recruited from this regiment and commanded the Twelfth N. V. Volun 
teers, which enlisted for the term of the war. At the second Battle of Bui 
Run he was shot through Loth legs, besides receiving a severe concussio) 
from a bursting shell anci was carried from the field. At this time he was ii 
command of the Thir<i Brigade, I'irst Division, I'ifth Army Corps. On re 
covering from his wounds Colonel Weeks rejoined his regiment in the field 
He died in New York April 20th, 1891. 

Colonel Weeks was a gentleman, a soldier, and a brave and able com 
mander. He was a member of the Society of the Fifth Army Corps, th' 
Military Order of the Loyal Legion, the Grand Army of the Republic, Societ; 
of the Army of the Potomac, Colonial Club, and at the time of his death wa 
Vice-President of the Old Guard Association of the Twelfth Regiment. 



TWELFTH REGIMENT. 103 

Colonel Daniel Butterfield assumed command, and his energy 
soon revived the spirits of the Regiment, for it may be remarked 
that the various vicissitudes and transfers to which the Twelfth 
had been exposed eminently contributed to the success of the 
Ninth, Eleventh and Fifty-fifth Regiments — the Light Guard, 
numbering 69 men, having been transferred to the Fifty-fifth, and 
later to the Ninth, and the Garde La Fayette, 124 men, having 
changed its company organization to a regimental one, under the 
name of the Fifty-fifth Regiment. On the 19th of December, 1859, 
the command recovered its proper designation, and paraded on the 
22d of February, i860, with eight full companies as the Twelfth 
Regiment, under the escort of the Seventy-first, Colonel Vosburgh. 
A new vitality seemed now to be infused into the organization, and 
so rapidly did it regain its proper position that on the occasion of 
the Division Parade, October nth, i860, in honor of the Prince of 
Wales, the Twelfth was detailed by Major-General Sandford to 
receive the Prince, and acted as his escort. The occasion of the 
reception and entertainment of the Prince of Wales was a very 
notable event in the History of New York. In addition to the very 
large day parade, a grand complimentary ball was given him at the 
Academy of Music, and the largest volunteer firemen's torchlight 
procession ever seen in the city, paraded in honor of England's 
representative. During the winter of National gloom that followed, 
the Regiment pursued a steady course of drill, and rapidly improved 
in efficiencv." 




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Lieutenant=Colonel Charles Baxter. 



Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Baxter of the First Regiment, N. Y. Volun- 
teers, was born in New York City December 22d, 1814. In 1834 he joined the 
Pulaski Cadets, commanded by Captain McArdle; in 1834 he raised the 
company of Kosciusko Cadets; 1S39 elected Captain of the Scott Cadets, 
which was afterwards consolidated with the Tompkins Cadets and adopted 
their name. This corps, swollen by accessions from the Tompkins Blues, 
was for many years distinguished for its discipline and standing, and in 
these respects compared advantageously with the best drilled companies in 
the regular service. At the breaking out of the Mexican War, in 1S46, he 



LIEUT.-COL. CHARLES BAXTER. 105 

was made Lieutenant-Colonel of the First N.Y. Volunteers, of which Ward B. 
Burnett was Colonel, and left New York in January, 1847, for the seat of war 
with his regiment. The following plate was made from the original Com- 
pany order and refers to Colonel Baxter on the eve of departure for the war. 

399d REGIITIENT, lOth BRIGADE, N. V. S. l.\FA.IVTR¥. 



COMPANY ORDER, No. 1. 

New Yobk, Jan. 4lh, 18« 
SIR— 

You arc hereby iioiified ihai an election \vi\i bo held on the ll:li day of Jan., 1847, ai half.paaT o'clock, P. M.,at 
the .Arnvny. for the purpose of choosing suitable persons to fill ih'j oflice'i of 2d and 4lh Serjeants, which have become 
vacant by the resignation of 2d Sergeant, Barlhotome.w B. Purdy, and by the promotion of 4th Serixeanl, Francis G. Boyle, 
to 2d LieutenaTil in the first Regiirwnl of U. S. N. Y. Volunleers ; and also to fill any vacancy that may occur by said 
Election. The Company will drill every Thu^iday Evening, until furih^-r orticis ; roll-call at half-past 7 o'clock. 

In isAuing this, my first order, after assuming the temporary Command of the Company, in consequence of the pro- 
motion, of Capt- Charles Ba.iier, \<i I.ieut. Colonel of the first Uegimenl of U. S. N. Y. Volunteers, I avail myself of the 
opiiortunity to say to you separately, and collectively, that during the short time 1 may be in Command, it shall be my con. 
slaDI fMon and ambition to promote harmony, and to Com:iiand your respect and confidence as an ofiicer by Desert ; upon 
no other ground could they confer honor upon either party. 1 shall confine my duty strictly to military alTairs, except 
such civil duties as are required of me by the By-Laws of the Company. 

It will be my anxious wish and determination to discharge my dulies with Respect and firmness towards each and 
every mem'jer without exception or distinction ; and in return 1 shall rx|»ect, as indispensably necessary to tlie preservation 
of the corps, strict subordinatian, and the support and co-operaliuii of every member to advance its best interests and to 
retain the proud position it now occupies. B:^lieviii;.; in ilic maxim of our late Captain, that it is better to have a small 
harmonious Command than a large discordant one, I sluU adopt it, hy proini-lly giving a discharge to any member who 
may possibly Iw indisposed to promote the indispMisibU- principles hcri-in contained. 1 cannot close this order without 
i-xprcssing the regret which 1, in common with ilu' inenU)cr> feel, ihal any cause should exist for the separation of Cot- 
llaxtcT from tho Company , b.,1 il is gratifying h> know that ho has entered upon a more extended field of usefulness, fwid 
upon which wc arc satisfied that he will be as distinguished as lie was- in this City, as a disiTiplinarian and a gentleman ; and 
ifany opportunity should occur, that he would not only do honor to himself and his country, but also to the Independent 
Tompkins Blues 

No coutpliiiiciii extended to C"t. Baxtev-, on his return, could be so gratifying to liiiti, as for the Corps, by iix own 
united cfforis, to be on.iblcd to present to him, in harmony, discipline and subordination, with a full from 

By order of 

R FRliNCH tiful. CDmmtndmil 

S- P AvREs S<Ti.'ea»ir . 

Lieutenent-Colonel Baxter fell mortally wounded while leading his reg- 
iment in the assault on Chapultepec, having received two musket balls in the 
groin, died in the City of Mexico, on September i8th, 1848. The flag of 
his regiment was the first to float over its Castle. His last words to his 
father, as related in a letter written by a gentlemen in whose arms he died (a 
friend of Baxter's), will illustrate the deep interest he felt in the glory of his 
regiment, the honor of his State, and his own fame. 

On the night of his death* he awoke from a doze, and in the following 
jocose manner, addressed his friend : — 

"Mac — Doc — what are you doing?" 

The Doctor answered that he was writing to his father. 

"Then say to him the New York regiment was there, and that I fell 
where 1 should have fallen, at the head of it." 

* Burnett and Sweeny were in tlie room next to IJaxter wlien the latter died, but both 
were too badly wounded to see In 111. Burnett was severely wounded, and Sweeny received 
a wound that deprived him of his urin. 




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Brigadier=QeneraI Thomas W. Sweeny. 



Thomas William Sweeny died in Astoria, L. I., April loth, 1892. 

In 1837 he attached himself to an association of young men — the " Paul 
Jones Parading Club." The object of this association was for military im- 
provement and literary pursuits, and was commanded by Captain Joseph 
ninken. They afterwards placed themselves under the command of Captain 
W. W. Tompkins, ;uh1 atlopted the name of " Tompkins Cadets." They then 
consolidated with the " Scott Cadets," commanded by Captain Charles Baxter, 
and were again strengthened in 1842 or '43 by a portion of the seceders from 
the old "Tompkins Blues." They then adopted the name of the "Inde- 
pendent Tompkins Blues," and to this company Lieutenant -Sweeny was at- 
tached when he volunteered his services to liKht the batth s of liis country. 



BRIG.-GEN. THOMAS W. SWEENY. 107 

He served as Lieutenant in the First New York Volunteers in the Mexican 
War, in one of the companies made up from the Twelfth Regiment. He was 
severely wounded at Cerro Gordo. At Cherubusco he was twice wounded, 
once so severelj' as to lose his right arm. On returning to New York (in 
1848) he was brevetted Captain, and was presented a silver medal by the 
city government. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, Second \5 . S. 
Infantry, March 3rd, 1848; promoted to ist Lieutenant June nth, 1851; 
Captain, January 19th, 1861; Major, Sixteenth Infantry, October 20th, 1863; 
unassigned March 15th, 1869; and was retired as Brigadier-General United 
States Army, May nth, 1870. 

At the beginning of the Civil War he was placed in command of the 
United States Arsenal at St. Louis, Mo., which he saved by threatening to 
explode the forty tons of gunpowder stored there, in case the secessionists 
attacked him. He was second in command of the national troops at the 
surrender of the Missouri State forces at Camp Jackson; was commissioned a 
Krigadier-General of the State Volunteers, May 20th, 1S61, and at the battle of 
Wilson's Creek he was severely wounded. After this he was given command 
of the Fifty-second Illinois Volunteers, was attached to General Grant's 
Army, took part in the capture of Fort Doneldson, and at the battle of Shiloh 
successfully defended a gap in the line, for which (ieneral Sherman after- 
wards said: "I attach more importance to that event than to any of the 
other hundred events that I have since heard saved the day." In this battle 
he was again wounded, receiving a ball in his remaining arm and another in 
his leg, while his hoise fell riddled with seven balls. 

In December, 1862, he was given command of the Second Division of the 
Sixteenth Army Corps of the Army of the Tennessee, and was engaged in pro- 
tecting the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. Participated in the battle of 
luka and in the siege of Corinth. (Wounded.) In the Atlanta campaign he took 
possession of Snake Creek Gap with his Division, twenty-four hours before 
the arrival of supporting cavalry, and held it in spite of the desperate assaults 
of the enemy to dislodge him. .Subsequently he took part in the battle of 
Resaca, forced a passage across the Oostenaula River and fought a success- 
ful battle. He also distinguished himself in the battles of Dallas, Kenesaw 
Mountain, action at Nickajack Creek, Ruffs Mills, etc., and in the battle 
before Atlanta, on July 22d, 18C4, his Division drove the enemy back with 
great slaughter, and captured four battle flags and 900 Confederate prisoners. 
On this occasion Sweeny received the thanks of General Frank P. Blair for 
having " saved the Army of the Tennessee." After the occupation of Atlanta 
he held the post of commandant at Nashville, Tenn., till July, 1865, and was 
mustered out of the volunteer service on August 24th following. 

He was presented by the City of Brooklyn with a costly sword, in 
August, 1S62, for services in the Rebellion, and also a handsome sword, sash 
and field glass by the officers of his regim.ent the Fifty-second Illinois 
Volunteers, for like services. 




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Captain James A. Boyle. 

Captain Boyle enlisted in Company A, "Independence Guard," 264th 
Regiment, N. Y. S. Infantry. November 4th, 1840. He was made First Cor- 
poral July nth, 1843 ; Fourth Sergeant February 13th, 1844 ; First Sergeant 
December 3d, 1845 ; Second Lieutenant November 23d, 1847 ; Captain 
Twelfth Infantry, May 9th, 1848. 

In 1850 Captain Boyle resigned the Captaincy in order that his old Cap- 
tain, John T. Cairns, should take command of his Company. Captain Boyle, 
serving under him, was commissioned First Lieutenant, with rank February 
I2th, 1850. Captain Cairns again resigning, Boyle was made Captain, with 
rank from October 9th. 1855. 

Captain Boyle went to Washington in 1861 in command of Company G, 
" Independence Guard." At the expiration of the campaign he enlisted for 
the war as First Lieutenant in the Twelfth N. Y. Volunteers, and remained in 
the field to the finish, in 1865. He was detailed by Major-General Meade, Jan- 
uary 14th, 1863, for duty with the Provost Marshal of the Fifth Army Corps. 

Captain Boyle died in New York City in 1892, at the age of seventy-two 
years. As a man he was the soul of honor, as a soldier he knew no fear, 
modest and unassuming in his nature, and although mild as a woman, yet 
brave as a lion. Tender and sympathetic by nature, his hand was always 
open as day for matters of charity, and for himself his own home was the 
charmed circle which made his life worth living. 




Brevet=Colonel Jacob Raynor. 

Brevet-Colonel Raynor served seven years as a musician in the N. Y. 
S. M., and was honorably discharged May i6th, 1831. Commissioned as First 
Lieutenant in Second Regiment (Artillery), N. Y. S. M., June 24th, 1833, and 
Captain, February 4th, 1S34. Assumed command of the " National Grays" 
March 28th, 1836.' 

Colonel Ravnor received his Brevet for long and conspicuously faithful 
services as Captain in the N. Y. State National Guard. He commanded the 
"National Grays" continuously for twenty-five years, and was succeeded by 
his son, William Raynor, who commanded the company in t86i. Colonel 
Raynor was highly respected and esteemed as a citizen and soldier, and 
honored and revered as a commandant. 

The " National Grays " were organized in 1S25 as an Artillery Company, 
and during the interval to 1861 had been attached to several of the New York 
City regiments. The last, previous to joining the Twelfth, was the Twenty- 
third Regiment of New York City. When this regiment was disbanded the 
" Grays" joined the Twelfth on its departure for the war, taking the letter I, 
and was known as the Howitzer Corps. The company drilled both as Artil- 
lery and as Infantry. 

Brevet-Colonel Raynor dic-d in iSSS. 



ORDER No. I. 



22nd REGIMENT, N. Y. S. M. 




ORDER, No. 1. 



New Yokk, December 1, 18^9. 

The members of this Command are hereby notified that the regular Monthl_, 
Meeting will be held at the Armory (Mercer House), on Monday Evening next, 
olh instant, at 8 o'clock. 

A3 there will be an election held on the above evening for NonCommissioned 
Officers, and other important business brought before the meeting, it is necessa 
ry that every member should attend. Your Commandant will expect to see a 
full attendance. 

By order of 

GEORGE H. BARR, Captain. 
J. A. Makdkville, Acting Orderly. 




Frinn PI <itn. takrii ii, 



Colonel Daniel Butterfield. 



GENERAL ORDERS No. i. 



113 








GE>ERAL ORDERS, J 
No. I. 



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The Officers and non-comniifsioned Officers of this Regiment are hereby ordered to assemble for drill at tho 
Mercer House, on Wednesday, Dec. 14lb,at 7J P.M. Fatigue Dress— Overcoat. 

The Kcgiment will assemble for Drill at the Division Armory, White Street, on Monday, Dec. 19th, at 7| P. M. 
Fatigue Dress— Overcoat and Body Belt — without Arms. The Drills will not be public. 
At the first regular meeting of the Board of Officers, the Bill of Dress and Bv-Laws of the former organ- 
ization. Independence Guard, were unanimously adopted until otherwise ordered by ibe Board. 

The Officers and noncommissioned Officers are expected to bo thoroughly familiar with the first thirty pages. Vol. I, 
Scott's Tactics, and ready to answer any questions in regard to same previous to the drill above ordered. 

Col. BuTTEBFiELD will attend at the Division Board Room, White Street, on Monday, Dec. r2th, from 3j to 
5 P. M. for the purpose of issuing warrants to, and examination of, the non-commissioned Officers. 

Commandants of Companies arc requested to make returns of the elections for Sergeants on or before that time, andL 
to furnish the Adjutant with a complete roster of their companies, giving residence and place of business of every member. 
The attention of Officers is called to the following paragraphs in the book of " General Regulations," viz: 43- 
454 to 498-525-526. 

Richard S. PiLMEB, Pay Master. 
Francis H. Saltl's, Qrd/iairre Officer. 
Theo. Timpson, Ass'C Engineer, 

{Acting Engineer.) 

By Order of 

Col. UAN'L BUTTERFIELD. 

HENRY A. BOSTWICK, Adjutane. 



Staff Appointment?. — Henry A. Bostwick, Adjutant. 
Henry Slack, Surgeon. 
Albert H. Nicolay, Quarter Master. 



Sergeant Major 



COMPANY ORDER. 






The foregoing orders arc hereby promulgated. Memlers-jf Company L^^'^^"^ will assemble ^i^'i" '■• t 

fatigue, on Monday, December 19th. at^Zy" P. M., at ;iil^ /;^:'~^i-'^r-^^ ,f ^^^^^'ti.'^<'-^^ 




By order of Capt. 
Orderly Sergeant. 



114 



OLD GUARD ASSOCIATION. 



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SPECIAL ORDERS] 
No. 204. 



Adjl'ant general's Office, 

Albany, Dec. 19tli, 1859. 



J. Tlie designation of the 22iul Regiment and District, 2nd ^Brigade, 1st Division, is 

lierebj' changed. Such Regiment and District will be hereafter designated by the numeral 12. 

11. The 12tli Regiment will sers'c exclusively as Light Iiitantrv, pursuant to" Hardee's" 

Tactics. 

By order of tlic Commander-in-Chief, 

FRED'K TOWNSEND, 

Adjutant General. 

Head-Quarters, 2n Brigade, N. Y. S. M. ) 
Nkw-York, December 24/A, 1850. f 



8FEOIAI. ORDERS, i 
No. 20. < 



hereby promulgated. 



Tlio foregoing Special Order, No. 2U4, from General Head-Quarters, is 



By order of 



Brig. Gen. CHAS. YATES. 



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Special Order. \ 
No. 1. \ 



HEADQUARTERS 
TWELFTH REGIMENT, N. Y. S. M- 

New- York, December 24, 1859 



The foregoing Special Orders from Gen'l and Brig. Headquarters are hereby promulgated. 
Tor all new uniforms in this command, the State Regulation Button will be used hereafter. 

By order t)f 

Cot . DAN'L BUTTERFIELD, 

HENRY A. BOSTWrCK, Adjutant 

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EDWAIID M. F18HER, StrpraM Mojo 



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I'ol. Co.niUj. f.'th liep't, Indepenilence Guard. 



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GENERAL ORDERS No. 5. 115 



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INDEPENDENCE GUARD, 

General Orders. \ 

iVo. 5, j New York, i^ei. 14, ISGO. 

This Regiment will assemble in Winter Uniform, with overcoats, on "Wednesday, 22d 
inst., to celebrate the Anniversary of the Birth of "Washington." 

Line will be formed in Lafayette Place, at 2 P. M. 

Field and Staff (dismounted) will report to the Colonel at the place of formation at 
If P. M. 

Band and Field Music will report to the Adjutant ten minutes before the time of 
formation. 

The Colonel takes pleasure in announcing to the command that the " American Guard," 
"71st Regt.," (Col. Vosburgh,) have tendered their services for escort duty on this Parade. 
Their courtesy' has been accepted. 

Tiie New Cap Front will be worn hereafter, and the Colonel expects that every mem- 
ber of the Regiment will have the alteration made before the day of Parade. 

The Regimental Court of Appeals, to hear and determine excuses for delinquencies 
from the Regimental Drills and Parades of January and February, will be held at the Divi- 
sion Armory in White Street, at 7 J P. M., on Wednesday, the 29th inst. Commandants of 
Companies will send in their returns promptly. 

All Regimental Drills, Officers' and non-commissioned Officers' Drills, in future will be 
with arms, unless otherwise specially ordered. 

Commandants of Companies will cause to be filed with the Colonel a certified copy 
of their Company By-Laws, on or before February 20th. Their attention is called to Par. 
54, and following, of the Regulations, and the instructions in the pamphlet issued by E. S. 
Allin, Master-Armorer, Springfield, Mass., and published by U. S. Govt., with regard to the 
care of their arms. 

Bemgnations — 2d Lieut. Jacob S. Bkown, Company G. 
2d Lieut. Thos. C. Di;rkv, Company C. 

Elections — P. Jardinks, 2d Lieut., Company G, with rank from February" lOth. 

h\ Older CoL DAN'L BUTTERFIELD- 

IIFXRY A. BOSTAVICK. Adjutant. 



ii6 OLD GUARD ASS0C/A7/0N. 



STANDING ORIDERS. 



Tlie ground of formation in case of sudden calls for special duty, riots, &c., &c., will be in 
Broome Street, right on Broadway, until furtliei- orders. 

The signal of twelve strokes on the City Hall and Fire Alarm Bells will be considered as 
such special order. 

Dress for such dnty will bo " Wnter Uniform." with fatigue cap only, from November 1st 
to April 1st ; balance of the year " Undress Uniform," but the overcoats must be brought to the 
Armory. 

In oi-dere, " Full Dbkss Uniform," will indicate blue pants, full dress coat, full dress cap, 
white pompon, belts and white gloves, &c. 

" Unorkss Unitorm." — Fatigue jackets and cap, blue pants, belts, without gloves, oi- sash, 
without overcoats. 

"Winter Unifoem." — Blue pants, overcoats, belts outside, full dress cap, red pompon and 
white gloves. 

Full Fatigue with Ovkkcoats. — Blue pants, fatigue jackets, belts over jackets, fatigue cap, 
overcoat outside. 

By order. 

Col. DAN'L BUTTERFIELD. 

New-York, Feb. 14, 18C0. HENRY A. BOSTWICK, Adjutant. 




From (I IVioto., ,»;■.', triiilc ciiiiiin iiilhiii Fiflh'Ariini Cir/,: 



Major=Qeneral Daniel Butterfield. 



Zhc Civil Mar. 



Negro slavery was the cause, and the election of Abraham 
Lincoln as President lighted the fuse which exploded the (Mvil War. 

When the result of the election of i860 was known, statesmen 
and patriots began discussing the horoscope of the ultimate result. 

Discussion and opinion continued until on the 12th day of 
April, 186 1, when the news came to the nation of the fire upon our 
country's flag and the bombardment of Fort Sumter, in Charleston 
Harbor, S. C, and ([uickly following this came the news ot the sur- 
render by Major Robert Anderson of the fort and its garrison. 
Then followed, on April 15th, 

THE CALL OF THE PRESIDENT FOR 75,000 MILITIA 

from the seveial States. The quota designated to be furnished by 
New York State was 13,000, and in a few days 30,000 responded 
Ready! from the Excelsior State. 

When the daily journals, on the morning of the receipt of the 
news from Cliarleston Harbor, heralded the news of the beginning of 
hostilities, there was an ominous commotion in the hearts of all true 
Americans. A mingling of sorrow for the crime of national fratri- 
cide by the misguided, and a growing firmness and determination 
which became more and more decided, until the President's procla- 
mation, calling for troops, went like a sudden electric shock to the 
hearts of the true and the brave. The commotion was terrible. 
Business pursuits were abandoned, excepting such as were necessary 
for the human necessities and for the demonstration of patriotism. 
Swaying masses were everywhere upon the principal thoroughfares. 

These swaying, patriotic masses indicated the heart-beat of the 



TWELFTH REGIMENT, 1861. 




INDEPRNDENCK GUARi: 
TWELFTH REGIMENT, N. Y. S. M, 



Grncral Orders, \ 
N'o. VI. \ 



Nuw-YouK, April llMli, 18C 



In compliance writli orders from his Excellency the Governor and Division Order of this dat 
this Regiment is ordered to assemble, in full fatigue, with overcoats and knapsacks, on Sunday nior 
ing, April 21st, to embark for Washington. 

Regimental Line will be formed on Union Square, right on 14th Street, at 9 o'clock, A. M. 

The Field and Staff will report at the same time and place, with overcoats slung. 

The Drum Major, with the Drum Corps, and the Band Master and Band will report at tiie san 
time and place. 

RirSIGNATIONS. 

Ai,Kx. T. Bell, - - - Ass't Surgeon. 

APPOINTMENTS, 

RoBEKT F. Weir, .... Ass't Surgeon. 
Clinton BEmtv, - - . . Commissary Sergeant. 

The men will provide themsolvcs wilh siiitahli! nnderclotiiing, and one day's rations. No cxt 
baggage will be allowed. 

Each Officer will be allowed one small trunk, wiiich mnst be marked and left at Kcgiment 
Head Quarters, .')!)4 Broadway, on Saturday, the '201 ]i inst. 

Uy order of Col. DAN'L BUTTERFIELD, 

FREDK, T. LOCKE, Adjutant. 

ARMORY CO. 12th REGIMENT, N. Y. S. 1 

INDEPENDENCli 'dUARD, 



Company Order.f, \ 



Nf.w-Yokk, April 20th, 180 



The foregoing orders are hereby promulgated. In pursuance thereof, the members of tl 
Company arc directed to assemble at the Company Armory, on Sunday, April 21st, at 8 o'clo 
A.M. 

By order, CAi^-r. - 



Or:/. Scri^ 



Countersigned, 



THE CIVIL WAR. 121 

nation, and demonstrated that true patriotism, like true religion, was 
far above the narrow-minded politician or the bigot. The patriot's 
heart became as broad as the nation, and as noble and grand as 
divine love, a willingness to sacrifice everything, even life, that our 
country and our flag might be vindicated and preserved. 

American flags, and red, white and blue bunting, ribbons, bows, 
and badges of all kinds, symbolizing the national union and opposed 
to secession, were everywhere displayed. Nothing could withstand 
the influence and power of the spontaneous demonstration in sup- 
port of our Government. No pen can describe the general up- 
rising. Democrats joining with Republicans in support of the flag 
and the nation. The patriotic, loyal Democrats were called " War 
Democrats," and large numbers of them volunteered, and some of 
them in our Twelfth Regiment were in at the beginning and at the 
finish of the w'ar. 

It was war with our brother, and yet every true patriot felt as is 
very beautifully expressed in a hymn which was dedicated to the 
Twelfth and published in 1861, and is now included in this souvenir 
by special request : 

©liginal 1b\>inn, 

DEDICATED TO THE 

TWELFTH REGIMENT, N. Y. TROOPS. 



Air — Star-Spanglcd Banner. 



Oh, dear is our country, our glory and pride, 

Outstretched 'neath our flag and the eagle's broad pinion; 
From ocean to ocean her arms open wide. 

To welcome the world to her ample dominion. 

Her soil teems with verdure, her mountains with gold, 
Her halls with the treasures of science untold. 
Our dear native country ! the home of the free ! 
God crown her with peace and with true liberty I 



122 TWELFTH REGTMENT, 1861. 

Alas, for the foe that has stealthily crept 

From the mansions of state and the bureaus of power, 
While Freedom's true children suspicionless slept. 
Till waked by the war-blast in danger's dark hour. 
But, rousing, we stand in our union and might — 
Undaunted and brave, every freeman will fight. 
Till our dear native country, the home of the free. 
Shall triumph in peace and in true liberty. 

Our foes are the foes of the God we adore. 

And He shall fight with us, each proud arm to vanquish ; 
Foul wrong and injustice shall triumph no more. 

While the righteous and poor 'neath their iron heel languish ; 
For God is the God of justice and right ; 
In His armor we stand, in His holy name fight. 
And our dear native country, the home of the free, 
Shall yet smile in peace and in true liberty. 

We hate not our foes, though we hate their mad aim ; 

We mourn for their blindness and grievous misdoing. 
But we yield not, we yield not our glorious name, 
Our Union, our flag to their fiercest pursuing. 

The land that our fathers baptized with their blood. 
For ever is sacred to justice and God. 
Our dear native country I the home of the free I 
God crown her with peace and with true liberty ! 

Colonel Butterfield had communicated with his officers months 
before the outbreak of the war, expressing his anticipation as to the 
ultimate crisis and emphasizing his predictions by offering the ser- 
vices of the Twelfth before Fort Sumter was assaulted ; and the 
Twelfth was the first to offer its services for the defence of our na- 
tional Capitol, as General Butterfield has stated on page 12 of this 
souvenir. 

Meetings were held by the several companies of the Independ- 
ence Guard. Among the notices that were issued was the follow- 
ing, which appeared in the N. Y. Herald oi April 19th, 1861 : * 

" The National Grays, formerly of the Twenty-third, but now 
attached to the Twelfth Regiment, held a meeting at their rooms in 
the Mercer House last evening, at which they decided to accompany 

* Note.— This Twenty-third Regiment, of New Yorli City, was disbanded. Shortly 
after a regiment was organized in Brooklyn, wliieh took tlie numeral, and is known 
to-day as the Twenty-tliird Regiment, N. G., S. N. Y. 



STAR7'ING FOR WASHINGTON. 123 

the latter regiment in the event of its being ordered out of the city 
for active service. The Grays number 60 men, under command 
of Brevet-Colonel Raynor." 

This company was Company I in the Twelfth, and known as the 
" Howitzer Corps," as well as the company which enlisted Boston 
Corbett, who, about four years later, shot J. Wilkes Booth, the 
assassin of President Lincoln. 

From the following notice it would appear that the Twelfth had 
expected to leave for the war on the 20th instead of the 21st: 

" Head Quarters Old Guard, 
"Twelfth Regiment, 
" 594 Broadway, April 20, 1861. 
" The members of the Old Guard, also all exempt members of 
the Twelfth Regiment, are requested to meet in citizen's dress at 
594 Broadway, this (Saturday) afternoon at half-past two o'clock, 
for the purpose of acting as a guard of escort to the Twelfth Regi- 
ment on their departure from this city. 

" Frederick L. Vultee, President. 
" Chas. R. Churchill, Secretary." 

The General Orders No. 12, issued from the Headquarters of 
the Twelfth, and which is published in facsimile on page 120, made 
the date Sunday morning, April 21st. 

Amid great enthusiasm, and through densely crowded streets, 
the Twelfth marched down Broadway, Mercer and Canal Streets 
to the North River pier and on board the steamer Baltic, which 
started at about 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon for Fortress Monroe. 
Arriving at the Fortress on the evening of the22d. Colonel Butter- 
field tendered aid to the garrison. None being required, and orders 
having been received, sailed for Annapolis, and from there proceeded 
to Washington. On reaching Annapolis Junction on the march, a 
locomotive was found, disabled and the parts hidden. Volunteers 
from the mechanics in the Regiment were called for, by orders from 
the Colonel, and detailed to find the missing parts and put them 



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The line of sentinels on I Street will be posted on the inner edge of the 
sidewalk. The line on I4ch Street on the inner edge of the sidewalk. The 
line on 13th Street on the inner edge of the sidewalk, extending the line 
around the Sinks, as laid down in the diagram. The line on K Street in the 
middle of the street, in rear of the officers' quarters, extending around the 
Kitchens, as in the diagram. 

The points marked T indicate the hydrant for water. Sentinel on 14th 
Street will allow the men to get water from the hydrant T. The number of 
posts will be 21. See diagram. \os. i, 2, 3 and 4 will guard from the Guard 
House to the line around the Sinks. Nos. 7 and S will guard the balance of 
the camp line on 13th Street (No. 7 need not be posted after tattoo, as the 
public may be excluded from passing 13th Street after tattoo). Nos. 9 and 10 
guard the rear line of the camp (middle of K Street) to No. 12. Nos. 12, 13 
and 14 guard the exterior line around the Kitchens. No. 15 the balance of 
the rear line. Nos. 16, 17 and iS guard the line on 14th Street. No. 
16 will permit access to the hydrant by the men. Nos. Tg and 20 guard from 
the front on K Street, between the Guard House and 14th Street. No. 21, 
the Magazine. No. 11, the Colonel's Quarters. The officer of the guard will 
require each relief to read over carefully from the printed extracts from 
Army regulations the paragraphs commencing No. 365, and following to 
421. He will, until further orders, be required to know that each relief has 
at least once during the twenty-four hours of guard duty read individually, 
or had read to them, the paragraphs mentioned. 



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together, and a thorough search disclosed the missing parts. The 
locomotive was adjusted and lifted up on the track, Private Schiitte 
being the leading machinist. Lieutenant-ColonelWard and Schiitte 
then ran the locomotive to Annapolis and returned with a train of 
provisions, the howitzers, etc. 

On or about May ist, Colonel Butterfield made a proposition to 
the War Department to put up suitable barracks within forty-eight 
hours, if the Department would furnish the material. The proposi- 
tion was accepted, and Captain William Fowler, of Company C, 
who was an experienced builder, was commissioned by Colonel Butter- 
field to erect the barracks at " Camp Anderson," and with assist- 
ance of men from the Regiment he erected one hundred and six- 
teen very superior barracks within the specified time. 

The Twelfth was sworn into the United States service, May 2d, 
for a term of three months, from April i6th, on the grounds front- 
ing the Capitol at Washington, by Major McDowell of the U. S. 
Army (afterwards Major-General McDowell), who also inspected the 
Regiment. 

The following is from the New York Herald oi May 7th, 1861: 

" One feature connected with this Regiment is its band and 
drum corps. They are both under charge of Drum-Major Smith, 
an accomplished musician and a thorough tactician, and have won 
golden opinions from every one by their excellent music and their 
proficiency in drill." 

May nth " General Order No. 37 " was issued. A copy from 
the original order will be found on the following page. 

The following incident, which occurred about May 19th, is re- 
corded in the yV. Y. Post : 

" An incident came to our knowledge a few days since which 
we take pleasure in giving place to, inasmuch as it exemplifies the 
old adage" one good turn deserves another," and shows the cordial, 
soldierly feeling which exists among the military. 

"In the summer of 1850, the Twelfth Regiment were ordered 
by the Major-General commanding the First Division to deliver up 



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CAMP ANDERSON, 

WASHINGTON, D. C, MAY U, 1861. 

GENERAL ORDER? 
No. 37. \ 

Greneral Order No. 34 is hereby countermanded, and the following 

HOUR8 FOR SERTICE 

have been established in place of those mentioned in said order. 
ReveUle 5 A. M. 

Men will rise, wash, and dress, and answer to roll-call before the 
last roll of the drum. Police immediately after roll-call — when 
the Huts must be thoroughly cleaned up and put in order. 

Company Drm 5.30 to 6.30 A. M. 

Surgeon's Call 6.30 

Peas on Trencher 7 " 

Reports 7.30 " 

Guard Mounting 8 " 

Officers' Drill 8 to 9 

Target Practice: Company Drill: 

G Co 8 30 10.30 to 11.30 

I " 8-30 10.30 to 11.30 

Sap. &Min 8.30 10.30 to 1130 

B Co 9.10 11 to 12 

C " 9.20 11 to 12 

E " 9.30 11.20 to 12.20 

H " 9.50 11.20 to 12.20 

A " 10.30 12 to 12.50 

F " 10.50 9 tolO 

D " 11 9 tolO 

Roast Beef. 1 P. M 

Police Call 2 

SquadDriU 2 to 3 

Non-commissioned Officers' Drill 4.30 to 5.30 " 

Dress Parade 6 " 

Supper 7 

Tattoo 9.30 

Taps 10 

By order of 

COL. BUTTERFEELD, 

FHED. T. LOCKE, 
Adjutarit. 

The Non-commissioned Officers in charge of the Company 
Quarters will see that all copies of General Order No. 34 are 
deetroyed. 



CROSSING THE LONG BRIDGE. 127 

their arms. The order caused much ill-feeling among the mem- 
bers of the Regiment, but it was obeyed. On marching to the 
Brooklyn Arsenal, which was the place assigned for the custody of 
the muskets, the Regiment was reviewed by the Mayor and Alder- 
men Dayton and Van Brunt of firooklyn, who also extended other 
courtesies to the Regiment. 

" On the arrival of the Fourteenth Regiment in Washington 
last week the Corps was but insufficiently provided with music. 
Alderman Dayton was at the Capitol, and desiring that the Brook- 
lyn boys should make a fine appearance on marching up Pennsylva- 
nia Avenue, knowing full well that music was a necessary adjunct, 
proceeded to the camp of the Twelfth Regiment and inquired for Col- 
onel Butterfield. That gentleman was not present, but Lieutenant- 
Colonel Ward was sent for. Alderman Dayton briefly explained 
the position of the Fourteenth, and Lieutenant-Colonel Ward, re- 
membering the kindness of the Alderman two years before, ordered 
the regimental band to proceed to the depot and play for the Brook- 
lyn boys. The band went down to the depot on a double-quick 
march. The Regiment was formed, the Band took up their posi- 
tion, and the Fourteenth marched up the Avenue the observed of 
all (observers, making a decidedly brilliant appearance." 

The Twelfth was the first to cross the Long Bridge (May 24th, 
1861), and the first to receive a challenge and attack afier crossing 
into Virginia, having met the pickets of the enemy as soon as they 
were across the bridge. 

"The Twelfth was justly and highly honored by General Mans- 
field by being given the lead in the movement Thursday night. It was 
the first regiment to enter Virginia, and if needs be will be the last 
to leave it. In ten minutes from the time the order was given on 
Thursday evening, the men were out of their beds, dressed and in 
marching order, and so quietly did they leave their city encampment 
that the residents in the city were not aware of their departure until 
the following day. 

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CAMP ORDERS. 129 

Following are copies of some of the orders issued while in 
camp : 

Head Quarters 
Twelfth Regiment, N. Y. S. T. 
Camp Anderson, May 13th, 1861. 
Special Orders ) 

No. 57- >" 

Companies will fall in at parade rest in two ranks without 
regard to size at Reveille and tattoo roll calls. 

Sergeants will commence calling the rolls at the moment the 
last roll of the drum ceases. Absentees from these roll calls or 
those late will be deprived of leave of absence for four days. 

Talking in the ranks, neglect in uniform and appearance and 
carelessness, will be punished by confinement in the guard house, 
stoppage of leave, etc. 

The Colonel will promptly reduce to the ranks any non-com- 
missioned officer neglectful of his duty in future. 

All sentences, confinements, etc., must be read in orders before 
companies. 

The attention of commandants of companies is called to Par. 

no, Army Regulations. 

By order of 
Colonel DANIEL BUTTERFIELI), 

Frkd T. Locke, Adjutant. 



Head Quarters 
Twelfth Regiment, N. Y. S. T., 
Camp Mansfield, 
Roach's Mills, Fairfax Co., Ya., May 29th, 1S61. 
General Orders \ 
No. 59. f 

Officer of the day. Captain Huson ; Ofticer of the (niard. Lieu- 
tenant Ackerman ; Supernumerary, Lieutenant Barlow. 

Corporal William H. Rose, of Company A, is honorably dis- 
charged from service, that he may accept a Lieutenancy in one of 
the regiments of General Sickle's Brigade. The Colonel com- 
manding feels honored for himself and his command that the 
honorable behavior and gentlemanly bearing of the members of the 



I30 TWELFTH REGIMENT, 1861. 

Regiment has given them so high a reputation. Ke exhorts all to 
continue their exertions to have the Regiment maintain its high 
position. 

Commandants of companies will be excessively cautious as to 
the condition of their pieces. The men will sleep on their arms, 
have their canteens filled and ready for action. The Colonel ex- 
horts every man to do his whole duty. 

By order of 
Colonel DANIEL BUTTERFIELD, 

Fred T. Locke, Adjutant. 



Head Quarters, 
Twelfth Regiment, N. Y. S. T., 
Camp Mansfield, 
Roach's Mills, Va., May 29th, 1861. 
Special Orders } 
No. 71. \ 
The Officer of the Day and Guard will see that prisoners have 
nothing but bread and water, that no communication be held with 
parties outside. The windows to be boarded up tight to within 
eight inches of the top. 

Commandants of companies will see that men late at drill 
have six hours in Guard House on bread and water ; men absent 
without leave, twelve hours in Guard House on liread and water, 
and to be sent for to company drills and returned to Guard House 
at dismissal. When unfit for duty, must get the Surgeon's certi- 
ficate to their Captain's that they are relieved from duty, and state 

for how long. 

By order of 

Colonel DANIEL BUTTERFIELD, 

Fred T. Locke, Adjutant. 



The following history of the campaign of 1861 was printed 
by Colonel John Ward, in 1870, very largely from letters which he 
had written from the field during his service with the Twelfth. It 
was his intention to have published it with the ('ampaigns of 1862 
and 1863. As this was not done it is now issued for the first time. 



CAMPAIGN OF 'SIXIY-ONE. ' 131 

'< On the 13th of April, 1861, Fort Sumter surrendered ; and on 
the 15th President Lincoln called the militia of the country to 
arms. Colonel Butterfield promptly tendered the services of the 
Twelfth for the defence of the National Capital, then in great dan- 
ger, and the offer was at once accepted. Lieut. -Colonel Wm. G. 
Ward made great exertions to procure uniforms suitable for ser- 
vice in the field. He proposed for this purpose the Chasseur uni- 
form, which was the first move in this direction made during the 
late war. A sum of ten thousand dollars was raised by the numer- 
ous friends of the Twelfth in the City of New York to equip the 
Regiment forthwith. But the exigency did not admit even of this 
delay. It was determined to march at once ; and so great was the 
popularity of the Regiment, and the patriotic ardor of the people, 
that the ranks of the Twelfth were swelled in a few days to nearly a 
thousand men ; a id without waiting for the uniforms, on a memo- 
rable Sunday (April 21st, 1861), the Regiment assembled in Union 
Square, previous to embarking for the National Capital.* 

" The regular members and some of the volunteers wore the reg- 
imental uniform, but most of the recruits were in citizen's dress, with 
belts and equipments. A supply of muskets had been obtained, and, 
guerrilla-like as the recruits looked, they formed a fine body of men, 
and the spectators by their enthusiasm showed what was expected 
of them. The whole population turned out to honor the departing 
militia, and the churches remained virtually closed that Sunday. It 
was with great difficulty that the Regiment could make its way 
through the crowd to the wharf, and it was obliged to leave Broad- 
way and turn into Mercer Street, so great was the throng. 

"The command embarked in the Steamship Baltic for Fortress 
Monroe, arriving at sunset on Monday, intending to proceed up the 
Potomac. The smoke from the conflagration of the Norfolk 
Navy Yard was plainly seen from the steamer. Orders having 
b:ien received, the Twelfth proceeded to Annapolis, arriving 
early on Tuesday morning. The following day they were 

* The oommand coiiiprised nine companies, eight of which were infantry, one coni- 
l)any (" I ") doing duty as a battery, with two prairie howitzers. 



CAMPAIGN OF 'SIXTY-ONE. 133 

transferred to the Steamship Coatzacoalcos, remaining there until 
Friday the 26th, at 11 a. m., when they disembarked. 

" On the afternoon of the 26th of April, the Twelfth started for 
Annapolis Junction, marching six miles, and bivouacking during the 
night in an open field near the railroad. At 5 a. m. on the 27th 
the Regiment resumed its march, and arrived at the Junction about 
noon, accomplishing a distance of fifteen miles in seven hours. The 
day was excessively hot, and the march to the Junction will long be 
remembered by the Twelfth as very trying, especially for troops un- 
used to service. At 2 o'clock p. m., a detachment under command 
of First Lieutenant Loughran, of " D " Company, was sent for- 
ward to guard the bridges between the Junction and Washington. 
The Regiment followed immediately in the steps of the Seventy- 
first New York, relieving it from the duty of guarding the Junction, 
and on Sunday afternoon, April 28th, being relieved by the Sixty- 
ninth New York, it took the cars for Washington at 6 p. m., the 
train stopping at the several bridges along the road to take on board 
the detachments commanded by Lieutenant Loughran. The 
Twelfth reached Washington at 9 p. m., and was temporarily quar- 
tered in the Assembly Rooms on Louisiana Avenue, and in a church 
on Sixth Street, until a camp of wooden huts on Frankhn Square 
had been completed by its members. 

" The regiment was mustered into the United States service for 
three months, on Thursday, May 2d, by Major Irwin McDowell, U. 
S. A., and moved to Camp Anderson, Franklin Square, on Tues- 
day, May 8th ; there it soon received the Chasseur uniform,* which 
very greatly added to the soldierly appearance of the men. 

" Camp Anderson attracted a great deal of attention during the 
stay of the Regiment in Washington. 

" It was situated on Franklin Square, and bounded by Thirteenth, 
Fourteenth, I and K Streets. It was laid out in a very regular man- 

* Lieutenant-Colonel Ward was sent to New York to expedite tlie forwarding of the uni- 
forms, wliicli liad been promised for tlie 15tli of April, and succeeded in shipping them in 
season to be received by the Regiment immediately after the occupation of Cam]) Ander- 
son. 




From J'liulo. Ink, 



Brigadier=General William Greene Ward. 



He enlisted as a private in the " Baxter Blues," Company H, Twelfth Reg- 
iment on the 15th of March, 1S54. He was promoted Corporal, Jul}', iS55,and 
Sergeant, August, 1S55. He was promoted 2nd Lieutenant, Company H, 
September 26th, 1S55; Adjutant, January 27th, 1S57; Captain of Company F, 
February 2d, i860; Major, May 25th, i860; Lieutenant Colonel, December 
15th, i860; Colonel, October 26th, 1S61; Brigadier General, December 24lh, 
1866, and was retired August 5th, 1SS6. In 1861 he raised the money to ecjuip 
the Twelfth Regiment in the chasseur uniform. 

At Martinsburg the troops were brigaded, and Lieutenant-Colonel W. G. 
Ward assumed command of the Twelfth Regiment, as acting Colonel. In 
1862 he led the Twelfth to Fort McHenry, Baltimore, and to Harper's 
Ferry, where the Regiment took part in the defence during three days 
against two-thirds of Lee's army under Stonewall Jackson. He 
commanded the Brigade stationed at Camp Hill, Harper's Ferry, during 
the siege, and distinguished himself by his bravery and by sighting the 
cannon most successfully against Maryland and Loudon Heights. Colonel 
W. G.Ward in 1S63 led the Regiment in the Pennsylvania campaign, forming 
part of the reserves. 



CAMPAIGN OF 'SIXTY-ONE. 135 

ner, and consisted of ten company streets, running down from a 
wide one, on which the officers' huts were erected. Six huts were 
built for each companj^, three on each side of its respective street, 
each hut being occupied by sixteen men. The Colonel's Headquar- 
ters occupied the centre of the officers' street, and faced a lane lead- 
ing to the drill ground. The Field and Staff officers' huts were on 
a line with the Colonel's and running right and left from it. The 
officers of each company were quartered in a hut on the same line, 
and each facing their company streets. The Engineer Corps' hut 
was placed near Fourteenth Street, and the Non-Commissioned Staff 
were quartered in a hut at the other end, near Thirteenth Street. 
The kitchens were erected on the other side of K Street. The huts 
were soon made thoroughly water-tight, and were considered very 
comfortable and convenient. The parade ground occupied the 
greater part of the Square, and the guard house was placed on I 
Street, opposite its centre, while a flagstaff was erected at the end 
of the Colonel's lane, with the two howitzers of " I " Company at 
its base. A severe course of drill, commencing from the very day 
of departure, soon brought the Regiment to a remarkable state of 
proficiency. Several West Point cadets, of the class which had just 
graduated, were assigned as instructors to the different companies, 
and also drilled the officers in skirmishing. Lieutenant Emory 
Upton, late Brevet Major-General, and author of a prescribed 
system of infantry tactics, took special charge of the officers' drills, 
and lectured to them in the Colonel's quarters. Very soon, accord- 
ingly, the dress parades attracted great attention, and the citizens 
of Washington thronged the parade ground, while the Regiment 
received the warmest commendations from officers of the regular 
army. The spectators who assembled in crowds on I Street were 
often electrified by a bayonet charge in line of battle, which seemed 
intended to drive them from the ground, but the line was always 
promptly halted before the ladies had time to be very much fright- 
ened. Another favorite exercise was to dismiss the regiment, the 
men concealing themselves in their quarters until warned by the 




From a Plioto. taken in tsor,. 



Bngadier=Qeneral Livingston Satterlee. 



General Satterlee's military career began when he enlisted as a private 
in the " Marine Artillery" of Providence, R. I.; afterward, and while at Brown 
University, he raised a company called the " Brown University Guards." 
He subsequently received a staff appointment from Governor Sprague of 
Rhode Island. In 1859 he joined the Third Company of the Seventh Regi- 
ment, N. Y. S. M. January 5th, i860, he was elected member of Company A, 
Twelfth Regiment. January 25th, i860, was appointed Assistant-Paymaster 
of the Twelfth by Colonel Butterfield, and Paymaster April, 1861 ; commis- 
sioned Lieutenant-Colonel June 3rd, 1862. Served with the Twelfth Regi- 
ment in the campaigns of 1861, 1S62 and 1863. In 1862 and 1863 served as 
Lieutenant-Colonel, and while Colonel William G. Ward was acting Brigadier- 
General in both campaigns, Lieutenant-Colonel Satterlee commanded the 
Regiment. lie received his commission of Brigadier-General from Governor 
Fenton, with rank from September ist, 1S65, while Lieutenant-Colonel of the 
Twelfth. 



CAMPAIGN OF 'SIXTY-ONE. 137 

sound of the bugle to assemble in their company streets, and reform 
line at the double-quick. An organization was formed among the 
officers under the name of the Guard House Club, which was pro- 
ductive of much mirth and good fellowship, Lieutenant Loughran 
having the credit of originating it, and perfecting the various exer- 
cises peculiar to its meetings. 

" On Thursday, May 23d, the Regiment was strengthened by the 
arrival of Company " K," Captain Olmstead, numbering 100 men, 
and bv recruits for the other companies, making the total of the 
command 1,023, rank and file. 

"At I o'clock on the morning of the 24th of May, having re- 
ceived orders from General Mansfield, the Twelfth crossed the 
Long Bridge, and having the honor to head the column, was 
the first Union Regiment to enter Virginia. For several days previous 
to this memorable advance the Regiment had been sleeping on 
its arms, anticipating orders, but they at length came very 
suddenly on Thursday evening, May 23d. The few hours of 
warning were occupied in completing the necessary preliminaries, 
and shortly after midnight the Regiment assembled on its parade 
ground ; while so silently were the preparations for departure 
completed, that the residents around the square were not awakened, 
and knew nothing of the Regiment's march until morning came with- 
out the usual gun being fired. The command marched in column 
of platoons down Fourteenth Street, and crossed the Long Bridge 
by the flank in route step. It was a beautiful moonlight night, and 
the moonbeams glittered briglitly on the flashing muskets as the 
Regiment silently advanced across the bridge. The Engineer 
Corps, commanded by Captain B. S. Church, led the column, 
driving in the picket line stationed near the bridge as they 
advanced. The Regiment proceeded towards Alexandria for a con- 
siderable distance, and then partially retracing its steps marched 
to Roach's Mills, a point some six miles froru Washington, where it 
occupied the advanced post of honor. Several companies were 
quartered in the old mill, while the remainder erected wigwams on 




.///( luijiiiiiH! Full Dnss. /,-;,-, 

Colonel John Ward, 

Second Vice=President O. Q. A. 



Colonel John Ward enlisted as a private in Company F, Seventh Regi- 
ment, November 17th, 1S57. He was promoted ist Lieutenant Company A, 
Twelfth Regiment, February ist, 1861. He commanded Company A when 
the Twelfth Regiment headed the column crossing the Long Bridge at 
Washington to occupy part of Fairfax County, Virginia, May 24th, 1861. [He 
was elected Captain of Company A at Washington, June 15th. He was 
elected Captain of Company F, March 2(')th, iSf)2, and was again called into 
the U. S. service with the Twelfth, May 31st, 1S62, and was stationed at Fort 
McHenry, near Baltimore, and at Harper's Ferry. He was elected Major 
October igth,i865, and assumed command of the Regiment October 30th, 1866. 
He was elected Colonel of the Twelfth January 4th, 1867, and was retired 
at his own request October i6th, 1877, and was relieved from command 
November 12th, 1877, having been honored by many testimonials from the 
Regiment and from his sujjcrior olTicers. 



CAMPAIGN OF 'SIXTY-ONE. 139 

the neighboring slopes — Colonel Butterfield establishing his 
headquarters in the large two-story building adjoining the mill. 
At this point, where it was quartered, in the most exposed position 
of all the regiments, the Twelfth mustered 829, rank and file, pres- 
ent for duty, a camp guard having been left in charge of Camp 
Anderson. 

" Captain B. S. Church, of the Engineer Corps, reconno'tered 
the adjoining country for miles, and prepared a topographical map 
of the country he traversed in his reconnoissances for the benefit 
of the War Department, which was pronounced to be by far the 
best map that they possessed. He subsequently was detached on 
special tluty with Lieutenant Snyder of the U. S. Engineers, and 
chose the sites of the fortifications on Arlington Heights, being fre- 
(piently fired on by the rebel scouts. 

" On the 2d of June, the Twelfth, being relieved by the 2d Con- 
necticut X'olunteers, returned to ^\'ashington, where, during its stay, 
the Regiment attracted especial attention, and at the [)arade of the 
New York regiments, on July 4th, was commended by Lieutenant- 
General Scott for its solid marching and splendid appearance, while 
the brilliant illumination of Camp Anderson, and the accompanying 
festivities on the evening of the 4th, were enjoyed by a large con- 
course of visitors. This illumination attracted much attention, and 
Franklin Square was thronged with the ladies and citizens of Wash- 
ington, the whole scene presenting a fairy-like aspect, as the camp 
glittered with gaily painted Chinese lanterns, and blazed with lights, 
while dance after dance followed to the music of the choicest selec- 
tions of the regimental band. 'I'he following day rumors were in cir- 
culation of an approaching transfer to Western A'irginia, and on Sun- 
day, July 7th, the Regiment, having received orders to reinforce Gen- 
eral Patterson at Martinsburg, proceeded to Baltimore, marched 
through that then hostile city, and took the cars for Harrisburg, 
and thence to Hagerstown, arriving at the latter place on Monday 
evening. After bivouacking in the woods, it left Hagerstown July 
9th, at half-past five p. m., marched to Williamsport, forded the 



I40 TWELFTH REGIMENT, iS6i. 

Potomac, passed the scene of the recent skirmish at Falling Waters, 
and marching all night arrived at Martinsburg, a distance of 
twenty-nine miles, at five o'clock the next morning. The encamp- 
ment at Martinsburg was known as Camp Meigs. 

" The troops were here for the first time brigaded, and Colonel 
BuTTERFiELD was detailed to command the Fourth Brigade, consist- 
ing of the Fifth, Twelfth, Nineteenth and Twenty-eighth New York 
regiments. Lieutenant-Colonel Wm. G. Ward, assumed command of 
the Twelfth, and Lieutenant Loughran became Acting Adjutant, 
Adjutant Locke being appointed A. A. A. G. on the Brigade Staff. 
The Regiment's stay at Martinsburg was diversified by a foraging 
expedition on Monday, July 12th, under the command of Lieutenant- 
Colonel Ward, the detail consisting of three companies of the 
Twelfth and three of the Twenty-Eighth. This expedition was very 
successfully conducted, and was attended by a slight skirmish. 

"General Patterson, who commanded the Army Corps, was 
expected to attack the rebels at Winchester ; and on Sunday, July 
14th, a very solemn service was celebrated for the Regiment by Act- 
mg Chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Tracy. It took place in the woods, and 
all who took part in it believed they were preparing for a bloody 
battle. On Monday, July 15th, the army advanced to Bunker's Hill, 
where it encamped for a day, the Twelfth being stationed near Sul- 
phur Springs, at a spot known for the time as Camp Patterson. On 
reaching Bunker's Hill, a portion of the Rhode Island Battery had 
a slight skirmish with the enemy, killing one and wounding two of 
the rebel cavalry. Early on Wednesday morning, July 17th, the 
corps left Bunker's Hill, expecting an immediate advance on Win- 
chester, the men being in the best of spirits. During the march, a 
reported advance of the rebels caused the formation of the troops 
in line of battle, the wagon train passing the line from right to left. 
The men were kept in line from 9 a. m. until 2 v. m., when to the 
surprise of all. General Pati'erson marched the column to Charles- 
town, where the Twelfth encamped outside the town, in a large field, 
which assumed the name of Camp McClellan. 



CAMPAIGN OF 'S/XTY-ONE. 141 

" On Sunday, July 21st, the troops marched to Harper's Ferry, 
and occupied a position on Bolivar Heights, close to the spot 
where the rebel batteries had been stationed. The camp of [the 
regiment was established on a ridge covered with a "dense thicket 
on the opposite side of the deeply cut road. General Patterson 
now sent home several of the three months' regiments, among 
others, the gallant Indiana Zouaves, i ith Regiment, whose camp- 
ing ground the Twelfth > immediately occupied, and named Camp 
Butterfield, the regiment's first position on Bolivar Heights having 
been known as Camp McDowell. 

"The term for which the regiment had been mustered expired 
on tiie i6th day of July, but Colonel Butterfield tendered its 
services until the 2d of August, and the War Department promptly 
accei)ted the offer. On Friday, July 26th, four companies of the 
Twelfth, consisting of Companies ' B,' Captain Huson, 'C,' Cap- 
tain Fowi.ER, ' ?^,' Lieutenant Ackekman, and 'A,' Captain 
Ward, crossed the Shenandoah and occupied the block houses built 
by the rebels on Loudon Heights. These block houses formed part 
of the system of defences erected by the rebel General, Joe John- 
ston, for the protection of Harper's Ferry. A battery of siege guns 
was first placed on Bolivar Heights. This was protected by the 
cannon erected on the platforms of the two block houses on Lou- 
don Heights, and a force stationed on Maryland Heights prevented 
the latter guns from the possibility of being silenced. A\hen Gen- 
eral Johnston retreated from Harper's Ferry, he burned the car- 
riages of the siege guns on Bolivar Heights, and spiked the latter 
hastily with ramrods. Captain Doubleday's Battery took posses- 
sion of these cannon, and sent for carriages to remount them, as the 
ramrods were easily removed, but they were not finally made ser- 
viceable, owing to the evacuation of Harper's Ferry by General 
Banks. The four companies of the Twelfth remained two days on 
Loudon Heights, and threw out pickets down the Loudon side of 
the mountain. On Sunday, July 28th, General Banks, who had suc- 
ceeded General Patterson in command, ordered the evacuation of 



142 TWELFTH REGIMENT, 1861. 

Harper's Ferry, and withdrew the regiments stationed at Charles- 
town. He had directed the four companies from the Twelfth to 
remain until warned by a column of smoke to descend. A party of 
officers accordingly assembled on the heights overlooking the Poto- 
mac, and watched the army as it forded the river. It was a beauti- 
ful sight. The sunlight tipped the bayonets with gold, and the 
bands played martial airs, as regiment after regiment advanced to 
the ford, and stepped into the gleaming water. The view from the 
extremity of Loudon Heights is majestic in the extreme. Directly 
below, the Shenandoah pours itself into the Potomac, amid some of 
the grandest scenery of this spur of the Blue Ridge, its turbid wa- 
ters contrasting with the graceful windings of the clear Potomac, 
which lend a mirror to the thickly wooded heights on either side, 
while directly opposite tower Maryland Heights, affording an abrupt 
contrast, which adds to the beauty of the scene. Soon a cloud of 
dust heralded the march of the regiments retreating from that point. 
Before the entire force had crossed a rain storm came up, the gath- 
ering clouds and driving rain adding to the grandeur of the land- 
scape. Finally the column of smoke was discerned, and the four 
companies assembled under the orders of Captain Huson, who had 
command of the detachment, and rapidly descending the heights, 
forded first the Shenandoah, and afterwards the Potomac, being the 
last troops to leave Harper's Ferry. After crossing the Potomac, a 
hasty march brought the detachment to Knoxville, where the re- 
mainder of the regiment was encamped. The Twelfth remained at 
this point until ordered home, taking the cars on Thursday, August 
I St, by way of Baltimore and Philadelphia to Amboy, and embarking 
there for New York. As they neared the city, the men exerted 
themselves to present the best [possible appearance, but owing to 
some delays the wharf was not reached until late in the afternoon 
of Friday, August 2d. The regiment was received with great pop- 
ular honors, the march up Broadway being much impeded by the 
dense throng, and marching by |)latoons, the front extended from 
sidewalk to sidewalk. On Monday, August 5th, the regiment was 



CAiMPAIGN OF 'SIXTY-ONE. 143 

mustered out of the United States service at Washington Square, 
by Lieutenant-Colonel Sheppard, U. S. A. 

" Colonel BuTTERFiELD having been appointed Brigadier- 
General of Vols, and Lieutenant-Colonel of the L^. S. Army, 
August 29th, 1 861, the office of Colonel remained vacant until 
Friday, October 25th, when Lieutenant-Colonel Ward was elected 
his successor. Shortly after the regiment was mustered out, Rx- 
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry A. Weeks, commenced raising a regi- 
ment for the war. Captains Boyle, Huson, R\ der, Cromie and 
Fowler, and Lieutenant Hoagland, of Companies, G, B, E, F, C, 
and A of the Twelfth, each raised companies from their own regi- 
ment for this organization, which was consolidated February 3d, 
1862, with the Twelfth Volunteers from Onondaga County, Colonel 
Weeks assuming command. This regiment formed part of General 
Butterfield's Brigade, and did gallant service with the Armv of 
the Potomac. Captain Hoagland was killed at the first battle of 
Fredericksburg, and Lieutenant Edward M. Fisher, formerly 
Second Lieutenant of ' I ' Company of the Twelfth, fell during the 
seven days' battles before Richmond." 



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najor=General Daniel Butterfield. 



General Butterfield was born in Oneida County, N. Y., 1831. His father, 
John Butterfield, one of the best-known citizens of Central New York, was 
one of the originators of the American Express Company, built the first tele- 
graph line from New York to Buffalo, and was President of the C)verland 
Mail to San Francisco. Young Butterfield graduated at Union College in 
1S49, at the age of eighteen, and although prepared for admission to the bar, in 
accordance with existing law his age prevented. He entered business life. 

At the outbreaking of the war he was Colonel of the Twelfth N. Y. 
S. M. When Sumter was fired upon he promptly tendered his services and 
those of his command to the Government. While awaiting proper orders he 
drilled and organized the Clay Guards, for the protection of Washington 
before the arrival of troops, to assure the safety of the Capital of the 
nation. This duty accomplished, he returned to New York, assumed com- 
mand of the famous Twelfth, with which he again went to Washington, and 
led the advance of the Union forces across the L<jng Bridge. He subse- 
quently commanded a brigade in Patterson's column ; then the Third Brigade, 
First Division, Fifth Corps, long known as " Dan Butterfield's Brigade," 
and the same which at Gettysburg seized and held the Little Round Top, that 
vital position. The first guns captured in the McClellan Peninsular campaign 
were taken by him at Hanover Court House in a gallant charge. He also 
captured the first guns in General Sherman's Atlanta campaign at Resaca, in 
the famous charge on Hood's lines led by General Benjamin Harrison, who 
then was Colonel of the Seventieth Indiana, which led the assaulting column. 
General Butterfield commanded a division at Second Bull Run and the Fifth 
Corps at Fredericksburg, at the latter winning high commendation for his 
brave but hopeless assault, and his successful withdrawal after covering the 
return of the army across the river. He was then made Chief of Staff of the 
Army of the Potomac, serving on this duty through the campaigns of Chan- 
cellorsville and Gettysburg under Hooker and Meade. 

The organization of the Cavalry Corps, the system of furloughs and 
stopping desertion, the picket and outpost duty made efficient and correct, the 
corps badges and flags, the inspection and thorough organization of the 
army, the preparation and arrangement of an efficient secret service to 
ascertain the enemy's movements, were all his work, and evidences of his 
untiring energy and splendid ability. 

General Butterfield was a model soldier, a rigid disciplinarian — one born to 
command — those who knew him best loved him most. This is evinced by a 
tribute paid him by one of his old brigade in Fifth Corps, Comrade Parkinson, 
of the Forty-fourth New York (Ellsworth Avengers), in the following language 

" For a time I don't think I ever hated a man more in my life than I did 
General Butterfield ; he drilled us so unmercifully, as we then thought. It 
was " double quick" from morning until night, and sometimes at midnight, 
to see how well we could do it. If all the balls which the boys vowed would 
go through him in our first engagement had done so, he would have been 
riddled worse than any coal-sieve you ever saw, and I don't think he wouiu 
be here to-day. But he never was afraid of balls. And when we realize his 
worthy purpose in thus drilling or disciijliiiing his men, which we did no 



MAJOR-GEN. DANIEL BUTTERFIELD. 145 

fully until the enemy had been met, and upon the field beheld, amid those 
■exciting scenes, that his usual stern countenance was wreathing in smiles, as 
dashing up and down the line amid leaden hail, with waving sword he would 
cry, ' Come on, boys, give them a Roland for their Oliver ! ' then amid the red- 
hot shot of the gory field, we became acquainted with our leader, and strong 
hatred was turned to the strongest love ; and from that hour to this, the 
life scarce of a single member of that Regiment would not be so dear but its 
owner would gladly yield it for the honor of the man so loved by his men of 
the blue." 

Wounded at Gettysburg, he left the Army of the Potomac, after par- 
ticipation in all its campaigns and battles to July, 1S63. Upon his return to 
duty he was ordered with the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps from the Army of 
the Potomac sent to the relief of the Army of the Cumberland, participating 
in the battles of Wauhatchie, Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, Mission 
Ridge, and the Atlanta campaign, in which he commanded the Third Division 
of the Twentieth Corps until, broken with fever, he was sent to hospital. 

In the regular army he held the commission of Lieutenant-Colonel of the 
Twelfth Infantry, Colonel of the Fifth Infantry, and Brevet Brigadier-General 
and Brevet Major-General for gallant and meritorious services. In the volun- 
teer forces he was made a Colonel, full Brigadier-General, and was stronglv 
commended for the command of a corps by General George H. Thomas 
(the Rock of Chickamauga). — From the Gravd Adiiv Revidv, August, iSSS. 

MILITARY RECORD. 

Private in N. Y. State Militia ; Lieutenant, Captain, Major and Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel Seventy-first Regiment, N. Y. ; ist Sergeant Clay Guards, 
Washington, April, 1S61 ; Colonel Twelfth Regiment, N. Y. ; Lieutenant- 
Colonel Twelfth Infantry, U.S. Army; Colonel Fifth Infantry, U. S. Army ; 
Brevet Brigadier-General and Brevet Major-General U. S. Army for gallant 
and meritorious services in war ; Brigadier-General of Volunteers ; Major- 
General of Volunteers ; commanded Brigade, Division and Army Corps in 
battle in Army of Potomac ; Chief of Staff, Army of the Potomac ; Chief of 
Staff Eleventh and Twelfth .-Xrmy Corps Campaign of Chattanooga and Look- 
out Mountain ; commanded Third Division, Twentieth .\rmy Corps, Atlanta 
Campaign. 

Battles (Twenty-eight)— Yorktown, Hanover Court House, Mechanics- 
ville, Turkey Bend, Gaines Mill, Peach Orchard, Savage Stations, White 
Oak Swamp, Glendale, Malvern Hill, Second Bull Run, Fredericksburg, 
Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wauhatchie, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, 
Ch&ttanooga, Pea Vine, Ringgold, Buzzard Roost, Resaca, Dallas, New 
Hope Church, Golgotha Church, Kenesaw, Culps Farm, Cassville. Wounded 
at Gaines Mill and Gettysburg. 

Congressional Medal of Honor for special gallantry at Gaines Mill ; 
Member of Military Order, Loyal Legion, Union Veteran Legion, Grand Army 
of the Republic, and Medal of Honor Legion, Sons of Revolution ; President 
Society Army of Potomac, 1891 ; Commissioner of N. Y. State of Chattanooga 
Battlefield, President Old Guard Association. Twelfth Regiment, N. G. S. N.Y.. 



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Major=General Francis C. Barlow. 



Major=General Francis C. Barlow. 



General Barlow joined the Twelfth Regiment on the igth of April, i36i, 
as a private in the Engineer Corps. While at Camp Anderson he as- 
siduously applied himself to the study of military tactics, and army regulations. 
After serving in the Engineer Corps a short time he was commissioned First 
Lieutenant of Company F, of the Twelfth. Shortly after his return to New 
York with his Regiment, he was commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel of Sixty- 
first N. Y. V^ols., and after serving with his regiment in the army of the 
Potomac he was made Colonel, about six weeks before the battle of Fair 
Oaks. In this battle when General Howard had been severely wounded, 
having lost an arm, the command of the brigade devolved upon Colonel 
Harlow. 

At the Battle of Antietam, Colonel Barlow was very painfully and dan- 
gerously wounded in the groin and breast. Some of the most eminent phy- 
sicians and surgeons pronounced his wound incurable. By the faithful care 
and nursing of his devoted wife, he so far recovered as to be able to re-enter 
the service, and he commanded a Brigade of the Eleventh Corps at the 
battle of Chancellorsville. 

At the battle of Gettysburg, General Barlow, while riding along the 
line of his division of the Eleventh Corps encouraging it (after he had 
received from the enemy four bullets), fell from his horse to the ground. 
While he lay upon the ground bleeding on the night of that terrible battle, 
he was found by the rebel General Early, who, while passing, discovered his 
rank. Supposing the spark of life to have fled. General Early paused with 
his staff officers to learn his name, saying to his officers, " We can do nothing 
for that dead general save to give him a decent burial." 

Though his life-blood was fast flowing away. General Barlow raised his 
head, and in a feeble voice replied to Early, " I shall live to fight you yet. 
General." These words were fully verified at the Battle of Spottsylvania 
Court House. 

In 1864 General Barlow took command of the First Division of the 
Second Corps, under General Hancock, and participated in the battles of 
the Wilderness. At Spottsylvania he captured a whole Division of General 
Early's troops, which was commanded by General Johnson, together with 
forty pieces of artillery and other valuable spoils. 

Brig. -General Barlow was afterwards promoted to a major-generalship. 
General Barlow was nominated by the L^nion party of the State of New 
York, in the fall of 1S65 for the office of Secretary of State, and was elected 
to the office by a majority of 28,000. He afterwards filled the very important 
office of L^nited States Marshal for the Southern District of New York, and 
in 1S72 and 1S73 he was Attorney General of the State. 




Bvt. Bng.=General Frederick Thomas Locke. 



In 1735 an Englishman named Locke located himself upon a farm cover- 
ing the land along the East River where now stands the New York pier of 
the Brooklyn Bridge. From him was descended in the fourth generation 
our late Companion and friend, Brevet Brigadier-General Frederick T. 
Locke. On his mother's side General Locke was of Dutch descent ; there 
could be no better combination for the soldier than this blending of English 
and Dutch Ijlood. Even as a youth General Locke manifested great interest 
in military affairs, and at twenty years of age (1847) he was enrolled in Com- 
pany G, Twelfth Regiment, N. Y. N. G. When in April, 1861, this regi- 
ment, under Colonel (now General) Daniel Butterfield, marched across " Long 
Bridge" to join issue with the Confederacy on the soil of \'irginia, young 
Locke accompanied it as Regimental Adjutant. He served with the Twelfth 
in this capacity for three months, and was then appointed by the President 
an Assistant Adjutant-General of Volunteers, with the rank of Captain. His 
first assignment, in August, 1861, was to the staff of (General Fitz-John 
Porter. Upon the organization of the I'ifth Army Corps, under the commantl 
of General Porter, Locke was made Chief of Staff, with the rank of Lieuten- 
ant-Colonel, and henceforth his fortune and his fame were as closely identi- 
fied with that Corps and with the Army of the Potomac as were those of 



BVT. BRIG.-GRN. FREDERICK T. LOCKE. 149 

General Porter himself. The names of Porter and Locke will go down to 
history together, inseparably associated in the orders which have given the 
Fifth Corps a history in some aspects more noteworthy than that of any 
other in the records of our great Rebellion. 

In his report upon the battle of Hanover Court House, General Porter 
makes known his admiration for the gallantry and good conduct of his per- 
sonal staff, including Captain Locke, Assistant Adjutant-General, "who 
were constantly employed under fire in the duties of their respective 
positions." Again, at the battle of Mechanicsville, Captain Locke won the 
praise of his General as among those whose gallantry, "and whose services 
in carrying orders, conducting reinforcements, directing batteries, and 
rallying troops were no less valuable than those of the commanders them- 
selves." Besides this record at Hanover Court House and Mechanics- 
ville, General Locke did himself equal honor in the siege of Yorktown and 
the battles of Ciaines Mill, Malvern Hill, Second Bull Run, Snicker's Gap, 
Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Petersburg, Mine 
Run, Bristoe Station, Hatcher's Run, Weldon Railroad, and at Five Forks, 
where he won the brevet of Colonel and Brigadier-General for conspicuous 
gallantry, and finally in the grand round-up at Appomattox Court House. 
He was severely wounded at Bristoe Station, and again at Spottsylvania 
Court House, where he was shot through the right side of his face, receiving 
an injury from which he never fully recovered; and this was the direct 
cause of his death, which occurred February 4th, 1893. 

General Locke was an ideal Adjutant-General and Chief of Staff, prompt 
and methodical in his transaction of business, and controlled by a spirit of 
courtesy and good fellowship that attracted all who had occasion to visit the 
headquarters of the Fifth Corps. After General Porter was relieved of his 
command. General Locke continued on duty at headquarters with Meade, 
Sykes, Warren and (iriffin, until at the muster-out of 1865 the gallant old 
Fifth Corps disappeared into history, and a new record of honor was added 
to the annals of the American Republic. 

Returning to Xew York after an absence of over four years in the ser- 
vice of his country, (ieneral Lccke resumed the business he had temporarily 
abandoned, and gave to it the industry and energy which had marked his dis- 
charge of public duties. Thenceforth his career was identified with the home 
and business life of the useful citizen, who does with his might whatsoever 
his hands find to do. 

The ties of comradeship and army fellowship were always strong with 
him, and he found leisure in the midst of an active business life to take part 
in the various gatherings and associations designed to preserve the sacred 
flame of patriotism, and to keep in touch those whose watchwords are honor 
and duty. He was a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; a 
charter member and Senior Vice-Commander of George Washington Post, 
No. 103, G. A. R. ; member of the Society of the Army of the Potomac. He 
was prominent in the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen, in many 
philanthropic associations, and in the Collegiate Reformed Church, and was 
an active member of the Old Guard Association of the Twelfth Regiment. 




Brevet Brig.=Qeneral Charles A. Carleton. 



Brevet Brigadier-General Charles A. Carlelon, U. S. Volunteers, enlisted 
as a private in the Engineer Corps of the Twelfth Regiment, N. Y. S. M., 
April 2ist, i8Ci; September 20th, was commissioned as 2d Lieutenant in the 
Fourth New Hampshire Infantry. He joined this Regiment at the solicita- 
tion of his classmate at Dartmouth College, Henry W. Fuller, who was to be 
Adjutant of the Regiment. January 17th, 1862, ist Lieutenant ; November 
2d, 1862, Adjutant ; July 15th, 1864, Captain and A. A. G. ; January 15th, 1865, 
Major and A. A. G. ; July 8th, 1S65, Lieutenant-Colonel, A. A. G., Tenth 
Corps ; March 13th, 1865, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel " for distinguished con- 
duct at the storming of Fort Fisher, N. C, and for faithful and meritorious 
services during the war;" also on same date, Brevet Colonel and Brevet 
Brigadier-General " for gallant and meritorious services during the war." 

General Carleton's ancestors were imbued with the military spirit. One 
of his great-grandfathers fought in the battle of Bunker Hill and siege of 



BVT. BRIG.-GENERAL CHARLES A. CARLETON. 151 

Boston. In the Civil War he personally was present in twenty-one engage- 
ments and sieges. Among them the defences of Washington, D. C, General 
Patterson's Shenandoah, Va. , Campaign, T. W. Sherman's Expeditionarv 
Corps to Port Royal, S. C, Department South and Tenth Corps, Department 
Virginia and North Carolina, Eighteenth and twenty-fourth Corps, Armies 
James and Potomac, Expeditions against Fort F"isher, N. C, Provisional 
Corps and Army Ohio (Sherman's Army) to Johnston's surrender; Depart- 
ments North and South Carolina to muster out. 

April 8th, 1862, his regiment was divided, and a battalion of three com- 
panies, of which he was appointed Acting Adjutant, was ordered to garrison 
Fort Clinch at Fernandina, Fla. June Sth this battalion embarked for James 
Island, S. C, and took part in several skirmishes and the assault June i6th, 
1S62. On July I2th, the battalion w^as ordered to Beaufort, S. C, where the 
regiment was reunited and assigned to the brigade of General John M. 
Brannan, and under General Ormsby Mitchell participated in the Battle of 
Pocotaligo, S. C, October 22d, 1S62. March, 1863, took part in the first 
expedition to Charleston, S. C, and operations on Folly and Morris Islands 
against Fort Sumter, Wagner and Gregg, from April 19th to September 7th, 
1863. through the entire siege and capture. April, 1S64, joined General 
Benjamin F. Butler's army at Gloucester Point on the York River, Virginia. 
His regiment was brigaded in the Division of General Adelbert Ames, form- 
ing a part of the Tenth Corps, Army of the James. While here was ap- 
pointed A. A. A. G. on the staiif of General Ames, and never again returned 
to his regiment, being soon after commissioned Captain and A. A. G., U. S. 
Volunteers, and with successive promotion remained on the staff of the same 
General until he left the service. 

While in the Armies of the James, the Potomac and Ohio, from May 4th, 
1S64, was engaged in the operations of Bermuda Hundred, Va., Battle of 
Swift Creek, May Sth-ioth (where he was reported killed, but escaped with- 
out injury); Weir Bottom Church, Falling Creek, Drury's Bluft", May 12th- 
i6th ; Walthall Junction, Cold Harbor, June 12th; Siege of Petersburg, June 
i6th and September, 1S64; Explosion of the Mine, July 30th ; Chapin's Farm, 
September 29th ; actions of Durbytown Road, October 7th ; Charles City 
Cross Roads, and Siege of Richmond, Va., to December, 1864. Engaged in 
the first expedition to Fort Fisher, N. C, in December, and in the capture 
of Fort Fisher. He was slightly wounded at Fort Fisher, and the only 
officer on the staff of General Ames, U. S. A., not killed or severely wounded, 
January 15th, 1S65. Campaign against and capture of Wilmington, February 
22d, in Sherman's Army, from Goldsboro to Raleigh, N. C, until July, and 
assisted in the paroling of the rebel General Joe Johnston's Army after its 
surrender. 

He is a companion of the Military Order, Loyal Legion. He is Treasurer 
of the Society Army of the James, a member of the New York Societ}' Sons 
of the Revolution, and a member of the Old Guard Association, Tw^elfth Regi- 
ment. 




Brevet Brig.=QeneraI Paul A. Oliver. 



Brevet Brig. -General Paul A. Oliver was born at sea July iSth, 1831, 
on the ship Louisiana, owned and commanded by his father, Captain Paul 
A. Oliver, who was a native of Philadelphia and served as sailing master in 
the U. S. Navy in the war of 1812. Oeneral Oliver was engaged as shippini; 
merchant and resided at I'"ort Hamilton at the tinie the yellow fever epidemic 



BVT. BRIG.-GENERAL PAUL A. OLIVER. 153 

prevailed in that village in 1856. He established a hospital and was made 
President of the Fort Hamilton Relief Society, which he organized, and by 
his efforts the disease was prevented from spreading to the City of Brooklyn. 

In January, 1862, he enlisted as 2d Lieut, in Co. E, 12th New York. He par- 
ticipated in the siege of Yorktown, battle of Hanover Court House, and com- 
manded his company at the battle of Gaines Mill (where he was wounded), 
Bull Run, Antietam and Fredericksburg. In December, 1862, his companv 
was ordered to 5th Corps Headquarters as guard, where it remained until 
the close of the war. When General Butterfield was appointed Chief of Staff 
of the Army of the Potomac under General Joe. Hooker, Lieut. Oliver was 
appointed on his staff as his aide, and as such served in the campaign of 
Chancellorsville. 

In the Gettysburg campaign he was appointed personal aide to General 
Meade, and remained on his staff until General Hooker got command of the 
lith and 12th Corps, when he went with him and served on his staff in the 
battles of Wasuhatchie, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge and Ringgold. 
In the Atlanta campaign, in the spring of 1864, he served with General But- 
terfield, who had command of a division of the 20th Corps, as his Chief of 
Staff, in the battles of Resaca, Cassville, Dallas, New Hope Church and 
Marietta. In July, 1S64, he returned to the Army of the Potomac, at his ow n 
request, and served on the staff of General Warren, part of the time as 
acting Provost Marshal of the Corps. At this time he received the com- 
mission of Major and afterwards that of Lieut. -Colonel of the 5th N. Y. S. Vol- 
unteers, but declined. He participated in the siege of Petersburg and the 
battles of Yellow Tavern, Weldon Railroad, Hatcher's Run, raid to Bellefield 
and Hicksford. In January he was transferred, by special orders of General 
Grant, to City Point, on special duty under General M. R. Patrick. On 
March 8th, 1865, he was brevetted Brig. -General. At the surrender of General 
Lee he was engaged, as assistant Provost Marshal, in paroling the Army of 
Northern Virginia at Appomatto.x, under the direction of Gen. Geo. H. Sharpe. 
He took the original paroles of the Army of Northern \'irginia to the 
War Department at Washington, and the duplicate paroles were taken 
by General Oliver to Richmond, and handed by him to Colonel Taylor, 
General Lee's Adjutant General. The war being over. General Oliver 
tendered his resignation and was honorably discharged May 5th, 1865. 
General Oliver received honorable mention by General Butterfield in his 
official report of the Seven Days' battles, June and July ,1862 (Official Record, 
vol. xiv. p. 321); also for his coolness and assistance at the battle of Bull Run 
(Official Report of Capt. Huson, 12th New York, orders xvi. p. 477). He also 
received honorable mention for brave and intelligent performance of duties as 
aide-de-camp by Gen. Hooker in Official Report of the Chattanooga Ring- 
gold campaign (orders iv. p. 325). He received the medal of honor for dis- 
tinguished services at the battle of Resaca, May 15th, 1864. Since the close 
of the war he has been engaged in the manufacture of powder at Laurel 
Run, Oliver's Mills. 




a. A. I!. Viiifi, 



Colonel Henry Wines Ryder, 

First Vice = President O. Q. A., 

and his "War Battalion." 



Colonel Henry Wines Ryder. 



Colonel Ryder enlisted as a private in Company F, known as the " Lafay- 
ette Fusileers," Twelfth Regiment, N. Y. S. M., January 6th, 1853. Com- 
missioned 2d Lieutenant October nth, 1855; ist Lieutenant March 26th, 1858; 
Captain November i6th, 1S59; Captain (Twelfth Volunteers) February 3rd, 
1S62 ; Major January ist. 1S64: Lieutenant-Colonel June ist, 1864; Colonel 
luly 4th, TS64. 

He went to Washington with the Twelfth, in 1861, as Captain of " E " 
Company. On return of the Regiment in August, 1861, and being 
mustered out of the U. S. service August 5th, 1861, he joined with other 
officers of the Twelfth in organizing the Twelfth Volunteers for the term of 
the war. Went to the front again in January, 1S62, in command of Company 
E, Twelfth N. Y. Vols., and took part in twenty-three battles. Just previous 
to the battle of Groveton, was appointed Aide-de-Camp to General Butterfield, 
commanding Third Brigade, First Division, Fifth Army Corps. He was 
wounded at the battle of Groveton, while serving as A. D. C. After recov- 
ering from the wound, he again took command of his company (E of the 
Twelfth), and by order of (General Meade was on duty with his company as 
Provost Guard at Headquarters of the Fifth Corps, and was shortly after 
appointed Provost Marshal of the Fifth Army Corps, his company being 
regularly detailed as guard. Upon consolidation of the remnant of the 
Twelfth Volunteers into two companies, " E" and " D," Captains Hilton and 
Wood, and later (Captain Hilton having been detailed to duty in the Quarter- 
master's Department) Captain Paul A. Oliver took command of "E" 
Company. 

" Companies ' E' and ' D " were continually retained at Fifth Corps Head- 
cjuarters, doing duty as Provost Guard, strengthening picket line, guarding 
prisoners of war and scouting. In battle they were deployed in rear of the 
fighting line to prevent any stampede to the rear. All safeguards were 
furnished from this battalion. 

" Their duties were arduous and important, but in ail cases executed to 
the satisfaction of the Corps Commander." 

Colonel Ryder was present and on duty with his command at "Appo- 
mattox Court House," at General Lee's surrender, and received the arms of the 
Confederate Army, and Captain (Brevet Brigadier-General) Paul A. Oliver, 
of " E" Company of the Twelfth, paroled the prisoners of war. At the close 
of the war. Colonel Ryder was ordered with his Battalion to Harts Island, 
in New York Harbor, to take charge of New York regiments sent there to be 
mustered out of the service of the United States. 

Colonel Ryder was " mustered out" August 21st, 1S65, after a continual 
service in the late war of four years, four months and twelve days. He 
is Junior Vice-Commander of W. S. Hancock Post, No. 259, G. A. R.. and 
First Vice-President of the Old Guard Association. 



jficl^ an^ Staff twelfth IRciiimcnt. 



N. Y. 5. M. 



Camp Anderson, Washincton, D. C, iS6i. 

Colonel. 

DANIEL BUTTERFIELD. 

Major. Lieut. =Colonel. 

Henry A. Bostwick. William G. Ward. 

Adjutant. 

Frederick T. Locke. 

luigineer Benjamin S. Church Paymaster Livingston Satterleo 

Ass't Engineer Theo. Timpson Ass't Paymaster Richard S. Palmer 

Surgeon Alfred Henry Thurston Commissary Henry B. Martin 

Ass't Surgeon Robert T. Weir Ordnance Officer Higbie Carpenter 

Quartermaster H. Tracy Arnold Chaplain Matthew Hale Smith 

Ass't Quartermaster H. B. Livingston Military Secretary Francis S. Banks. 



Non=Conimissioned Staff. 

-Sergeant-Major William V. Byrne Hospital Steward Henry IL Dubois 

Quartermaster Sergt. John H. W'alsh Drum-Major John M. Smith 

Commissary Sergt. Edgar M. Blauvelt Band-Masler William Withers 

Ordnance Sergt. Brockhurst Carroll Right General Guide W. L. McDermut 

Engineer Sergeant Henry Baldwin Left General Guide Matthew Glenn 

^ , r- . \ Tames A. Van Dyke 

Color Sergeants ■. ■ . . 

( W^illiam Horan. 



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lEnoinccr Corp^. 



Cami' Anderson-, \VAsniN(;rox, D. C, i86r. 

Captain. 

KENIAMIN S. CHURCH. 



Corporal. 

Hp:nrv W. Mf.kriam. 



Sergeant. 

Henry Baldwin. 



Drummer. 

Eugene C. Imlay. 



Privates. 



Benjamin S. Ambler 
Francis C. Barlow 
William S. Blunt 
Edmund Blunt, Jr. 
Arthur Chester 
Charles A. Carleton 



Clarence Delafield 
David Lyon 
Chas. McLean Knox 
Pierre T. C. Richards 
James A. Scrymser 
John H. Warner. 



Illustration Opposite. 



(Jroup at the tabli-, Captain Beiijamiu IS. Church is poiiitiiij;- at a map. He was on 
Geueral Yates' staff in 18G3. On his left Corporal Henry W. Merriani, who lost his life at 
sea in a monitor. Sergeant Henry Baldwin is standing bareheaded in uniform at tlie table. 

(iroup to the left, Surgeon A. Henry Thurston standing behind Quartermaster H. 
Tracy Arnold, who is sitting in a camp chair. Clarence Delafield on Surgeon Thurston's 
left, was aftci-ward Consulfiug Engineer Fort Tom])kins, Xew York Harbor; then Ser- 
geant Major K. M. Fisher (Lieutenant Fisher), killed at the battle of Gaines Mill. Then 
Adjutant Ficderick T. Locke writingan order. He was later Brevet Brigadier (ieneral of 
^■olunteers and ( 'hief of Statf to General Fitz-.John I'orter. 

In the doorway of the hut. Assistant Surgeon Robert T. Weir. On his left Charles A. 
Carleton, afterwards Urevet Brigadier General of Volunteers, then David l^yon, after- 
wards aide on General Franklin's Staff, and ue.xt Richards raising his cap. William S. 
Blunt, later Paymaster in the U. S. Navy, is in uniform with a musket. Next in uniform 
on Blunt's right, is 1st Lieutenant Francis C. Barlow, of "F " Company, who was after- 
wards INIajor General of Volunteers, then James A. Scrymser, afterwards an aide on 
General "Baldy " Smith's Staff, then Ednumd Blunt, Jr., sitting on a box. He was after- 
wards a Captain in the Cavalry service. Eugene C. Imlay was afterwards a Drum Major 
in X. Y. Vols. 




COMPANY A BARRACKS. 

Ebc 6ro\vlcrci' IRctrcat. 

Kv Colonel John Ward. 



I. 

Ill Company A was the (rrowlers' Retreat, 
Where Murphy, since Adjutant, ever was neat ; 
His white shirt was wonderful: light of the camp, 
Thy doom was to toil by an editor's lamp ! 

II. 

Sergeant Jackson took care of his squad with a will ; 
He growled: Captain Ward hears that strong music still; 
But Company A was e'er true to their chief, 
Their huts were their pride, and hard drill their relief. 

III. 

When the sun strongly beat in that warm Southern clime, 
We all can remember our fine double-time, 
The charge on the throngs that admired our speed; 
Till Mandeville murmured, " A circus, indeed!" 

IV. 

Camp Anderson honored the (Irowlers' Retreat, 
For close to the otlicers' line they would meet, 
And make sage remarks on perfection in drill: — 
I'ranklin .Stiuarc is the dream of the veteran still. 



ROLL OF COMPANY A. 



f6i 



Company a, *'Xuibt (Buar^" 



2d Lieutenant. 

1. Mii.TON Ferkv. 



Corporals. 



Captain, 

*GEORGE H. BARR. 



Bvt. 2d Lieutenant. 

William H. Hoagland. 



tst Lieutenant. 

John Ward, Jr. 



Sergeants. 



1st Corporal James Van Dyke 
2d " Warren H. Rose 

3rd " George E. Weed 

4th " William H. Devins. 



1st Sergeant James A. Mandeville 
2d " John M. Jeremiah 

3rd " William G. Green 
4th " Thomas Hendry 
5th " John Jackson. 



Drummers. 



Timothy McKeever 



William Sayres. 



Joseph B. Adamson 
Robert S. N. Anderson 
John S. Applegate 
Charles E. Adriance 
Thomas J. Allen 
Leyi B. Ammerman 
William A. Batby 
Charles E. Bacon 
Benjamin D. Bacon 
Abner R. Benedict 
Peter G. Burdett 
Louis Crassoiis 
Brockhurst Carroll 
Myron Cook 
W'illiam D. Clarke 
Charles T. Cannon 
Joseph C. Conkling 
George B. Culyer 
Philip Clark 
Henrj' C. Church 
Samuel Dean 
William Denman 
Benj. C. Dutton 
Clement G. Earle 
James C. Freeman 



Privates. 



John ^L Fowler 
Dayid Fleming 
Theodore Garrison 
Talmadge B. Hedges 
Charles \ . Holcombe 
Andrew J. Harrington 
Michael T. Hanrahan 
Alanson W. Hegaman 
Robert McD. Hart 
George W. Howland 
William F. Ingoldsby 
Charles R. Johnston 
Edward R. Knapp 
Edward King 
Charles R. Lintz 
William La Rue 
Charles F. Lemon 
Donald S. MacKay 
John Mitchell 
John J. Morris 
Minard Milderberger 
Robert McBride 
Charles W. Mygatt 
William H. Murphy 
John A. Nash 



Stephen R. Newman 
James Nowlan 
John H. Oliver 
Robert Orton 
Henrj' C. Peck 
George Perkins 
Charles J. Quinn 
George T. Rowlee 
William H. Rorke 
Belthazer Revel 
Cyrus P. Spaulding 
Joseph F. Shoards 
Josiah C. Saxton 
James Sands 
Israel R. Sealy 
Edward G. Swiney 
William R. Tanner 
Elisha D. Tingley 
Samuel Taylor 
William C. Taylor 
Charles Wolff 
Joseph F. Williams 
Charles N. Yeoumans. 



*Capt. Barr, having been almost fatally sunstruck on the march from Roach's Mills to 
Washington, was compellecl to resign his commission, when 1st Lieut. Ward, at an elec- 
tion in Cam)) Anderson, was chosen captain. Lieut. Ward was in command of Company 
A when the Regiment crossed the Long Bridge, May 24th, ISGI. 




Captain William Huson. 



Captain Company A, Tenth Regiment, N. V. S. \l., from 1S4S to 1S57. 
Commissioned October 17th, 184S. 

Captain Company B, Twelfth Regiment, N. Y. S. M., from 1857 to the 
Regiment's return from their first three months, August, i86t. 

Captain Huson, on his return from the first three months' campaign, re- 
signed his position as Captain of " B" Company and, with a number of the 
officers of the Twelfth Regiment, commenced the organization of a War 
Battalion of the Regiment, offering their services to the Government for three 
years, or during the war. He was commissioned Captain of Company B, 
Twelfth N. Y. Vols., February 3rd, 1862, and participated with the Regiment 
in the following battles and skirmishes: 

Yorktown, April 5th, 1862; Yorktown, April 20th, 1862; Hanover Court 
House, May 27th, 1S62: Gaines Mills, June 27th, 1862; Turkey Bend, June 
30th, 1862; Malvern Hill, July ist, 1S62; -Second Bull Run, August 29th and 
30th, 1862; Antietam, September i6th and 17th, 1862; Shepardtown Ford, 
September 20th, 1S62; Fredericksburg, acted as Field Officer of the day for 
the Brigade during the battle, December 15th, i6thand 17th, 1862; Chancellors- 
ville, May ist, 2d and 3rd, 1863; Snikers Gap, 1863. 

.A.t the battle of Chancellorsville, the Regiment was consolidated into four 
companies and Captain Huson ordered to take command, and the name was 
changed to the New York Battalion. Captain Huson was mustered out of 
service on July ist, 1863, having been rendered supernumerary by the further 
consolidation of the battalion into two companies under command of Captain 
Ryder. Captain Huson died in New York City, October 31st, 1870. 



ROLL OF COMPANY B. 163 

Coinpanv) %, '* Maehinoton Xujbt <5uar^" 



Cami' Andersox, Washtx(;|()x, D. C, i36i. 

Captain. 

WILLIAM HUSOX. 



2d Lieutenant. 

Ai.Hiox K. P. Dexnett. 

Corporals. 

1st Corporal Levy Grosv'enor 
2d " Jaines H. Ashe 

3rd " Edward Bradv 

4th " Thos. P. Wis'ht. 



Cornelius Phelps 



1st Lieutenant. 

Nicholas L. Hansen. 

Sergeants. 

1st Sergeant Arnold Goodwin 
2d " Chas. L. W. Brenner 

3rd " John A. Hamilton 

4th " William A. Shaw 

=;th •' Edward Wilcocks. 



Drummers. 



Joseph J. Alden 
William Adams 
S. W. Adams 
(jeorge W. Allen 
C. P. Bosworth 
John L. Burke 
Chas. Bininger 
Wm. H. Barker 
Sam'l Berrv 
Richard Bull 
Henry C. Brandt 
Geo. Bronson 
Geo. Baker 
John Brennan 
James Baird 
Chas. Borroe 
William Busse 
Thomas Biglow 
John Blauvelt 
John Campbell 
Wm. Carstang 
Dan'l E. Cronen 
Dan'l J. Cronen 
Emile Coblentz 
J. L. Conklin 
Ed. Chapman 
Geo. Coffin 
H. L. Dalton 
David Dearborn 
Peter Darners 
Benj. Damers 
Edw'd Dowd 
John M. Davis 



Privates. 

John T. Dougherty 
John Edsall 
Thomas Flynn 
John F"arrell 
-Sam'l A. Frye 
Wm. H. Goegan 
John Green 
Andrew Galaghan 
Lewis Gross 
Sam'l Gerrv 
R. C. Haines 
Thomas Hurley 
John J. Hickey 
Hugh Hughes 
Peter Johnsen 
John Y . Jones 
Geo. W. Judson 
Sylvester Jones 
Fred. Knacks 
John T. Kirk 
Thomas Logan 
Chas. Lettmore 
Luke Lackey 
Thomas Lyon 
John La Rue 
Henry L. McGraw 
John Mineck 
C. McKinley 
Wm. A. Murry 
John Mitchell 
Mich. Milan 
Simon Mantlebaum 
John Marshall 



James Randolph. 



Ed. L. Mills 
Augustus P. Margraf 
Wm. Montieth 
John R. Niel 
John O'Brien 
W^illiani Purcells 
Wm. P. Porteus 
H. C. Perigo 
Math. N. Pearsall 
Francis Quinn 
Wm. F. Ray wood 
William Reed 
Lewis J. Stewart 
Ed. Sprague 
Chas. Stewart 
Ed. Simmerbaum 
John R. Satterley 
Jacob Statler 
Michael A. Sweeney 
Stephen Toomey 
Wm. H. Thompson 
Henry B. Turner 
Francis G. Thompson 
John T. Underbill 
Joseph Vauhn 
John C. Valentine 
Thomas White 
Daniel W'ebster 
William Walker 
Joseph H. Wightman 
John White 
David Wanmaker 
Henrv Waters. 




CAPTAIN WM. FOWLER. 
LIEUT. CHAS. WHITLOCK. LIELT WM. MONTIETH. SERCT. W. H. DEVENS 



COMPANY C HEADQUARTERS. 
CAMP ANDERSON. 



ROLL OF COMPANY C. 165 



Camp Anderson, Washington, D. C, 1S61. 

Captain. 

WILLIAM FOWLER. 



2d Lieutenant. 

William Montietii. 



1st Lieutenant. 

Charles Whitlock. 



Brevet 2d Lieutenant. 

Joseph M. Scribner. 



Corporals. 

1st Corporal Alexander Murray 

2d ' 

3rd ' 

4th 

5th ' 

6th 



Sergeants. 



Alexander (t. Atchison 
Amos S. Hutchinson, Jr. 
Charles S. Hickerson 
Chester H. Whitinsj; 
John G. Schiiltz. 



1st Sergeant John H. H. Hunter 
2d " William H. Devens 

3rd " Charles H. Moulton 

4th " George W. Cole. 



larcd H. Corv 



Samuel Black 
Andrew Bogart 
William Brymer 
Nicholas Benner 
Miles Burke 
John Bradv 
Charles D.' Clark 
C. H. Conant 
William Clark 
John E. F. Cleghorn 
William Cochrane 
Frank Collman 
Peter Cauffman 
John Cherry, Jr. 
William Duncan 
Patrick Dalton 
Thomas Duke 
George Dixon 
George H. Feilder 
John Farley 
Edward Fallon 
Jacob Goode 
John H. Gillis 
Thomas Gray 
George M. Gilchrist 
Victor Gaume 
William Gravlev 



Drummers. 



Privates. 



Thomas Hennessey 
Louis Hartman 
Charles T. Hill 
William S. Hether 
Edward H. Hadicka 
Samuel Hexter 
William Heisterburg 
Franz Heisterburg 
William I. Kelly 
Robert Kelly 
lohn Kehoe 
Henry M. Karples 
Charles M. P. Lyon 
lames Lindsey 
George T. Leek 
Nicholas Lienenfeldt 
lohn H. Mahon 
John Mulligan 
lames B. Murray 
Louis Miller 
William D. Murphv 
William S. Mitchell 
William K. Monroe 
Jeremiah Mehegahn 
William B. Mott 
John McK night 
John McGowan 



Patrick Fogerly, 



John McNeill 
William McCredie 
Robert O'Driscol 
John O'Brien 
John W. Patton 
George S. Quick 
Thomas Reddon 
Justin A. Rutherford 
Henry J. Ready 
Lafery Sholom 
Isaac Schultz 
John Schnitgen 
Frederick Sampson 
John Singleton 
Patrick Spleen 
Joseph Salembier 
William Tennant 
William W. Travis 
Bradford S. Whiting 
Dewit C. Whiting 
Charles W. Wale 
Bernard Walters 
William H. White 
William A. Ward 
Patrick Wherity 
Aaron Watson. 



ROLL OF COMPANY D. 

Companv> 2), **(rit\> Blues." 



167 



2d Lieutenant. 

Thos. W. Murray. 

Corporals. 

1st Corporal John H. Wood 
2d " S. Whereaty 

3rd " James Taylor 

4th " Rich'd Good 

5th " C. Doyle. 



Camp Anderson, Washington, D. C, iS6i. 

Captain. 

JOHN D. OTTIWELL. 

1st Lieutenant. 

Mich'l Loughran. 



M. Sullivan 



Otto Ahrens 
J. C. Brown 
R. W. Buttle 
John Bishop 
Henry Beeney 
John Batchelor 
A. J. Barton 
G. Bressenberg 
T. Byron 
Lewis Bell 
Sol. Birdsall 
Ben. Barton 
W. H. Billings 
T. B. Berford 
W. \\. Benson 
R. J. Clarke 
W. E. Campbell 
J. W. Chapman 
P. Coughlan 
XL V. H. Cortelvou 
J. H. Curtis 
Chas. J. Cross 
Jos. Covert 
J. F. Creed 
J. F. Crasson 
J. H. Campbell 
Francis Cox 
Chas. L. Da}- 
G. L. Drummond 
Jas. Deyo 



Drummers. 

E. Corey 

Privates. 

R. W. Davis 
John Doherty 
J. R. Dunnorth 
J. Fitzpalrick 
W. Fritchie 
Morris Foley 
Wm. Faucett 
Josiah Foster 
Mich'l Fagan 
S. H. Fishblatt 
F. T. (irannis 
I. T. Henry 
Lewis Hill 
H. P. Hoar 
Wm. Humphrevs 
J. B. Hill 
R. M. Hammond 
Jos. Harper 
Jerome Lawrence 
P. Lowenthal 
H. Lock wood 
John Lynch 
H. McDonough 
E. Miller 
R. Mclntvre 
W. E. Marsh 
David McGill 
Geo. V. Magill 
W. F. Marcey 
Thos. Miller 



Sergeants. 

1st Sergeant John Mara 
2d " D. J. Mara 

3rd " Chas. S. Taylor 

4th " D. H. Flynn 

5th " Jas. W. Murphy. 



J. Corey. 



Stephen MacCauley 
Patrick McAleer 
F. Meyer 
S. Mortimer 
W. Nolan 
Jos. D. Nutt 
H. O'Connor 
R. J. Orr 

D. O'Flaherty 
John Pembroke 
Thos. Quick 
John Romaine 
F. Rutz 

W. H. Ritter 
Chas. Smith 
F. Spankenberg 
C. Springer 

E. W. Stiles 
J. D. Starkins 
Henry Stone 
Augustus C. Tate 
Aug. Tremble 

J. Wilkinson 
J. C. White 
S. H. Wilson 
J. H. Wyer 
Chas. Wilson 
John Willis 
Fred. Yekel. 
J. Touro KoOertSQu 




Frnni PhotiK taken <it Ciiiiiii Anilrrscii . ,^r.,. 

Captain Henry Wines Ryder, and 2d Lieutenant Thomas J. Hoyt. 



2d Lieutenant Thomas Jefferson Hoyt, 1861, 

Brevet Lieutenant=Colonel, 1863. 



1st Sergeant "Lafayette Fusileers," in 1S57; 2(1 Lieutenant " E " Com- 
pany, Twelfth N. Y. S. M., 1861; Acting A. A. (>. on Brigade Staff of General 
Butterfield, 18G1; Assistant Adjutant-General, rank of Captain, and retired 
from the service in 1863 with rank of lircvct Lieutenant-Colonel. Died 
since the war. He was a brave, energetic and capal)le officer. 



ROLL OF COMPANY E. 169 

(Xompan\> lE, '*<Bar^c Xa ifavettc/' 



2d Lieutenant. 

Thos. J. HovT. 



Camt Anderson. Wasington, D. C, 1S61. 

Captain. 

HEXRY W. RYDER. 

1st Lieutenant. 

J. H. ACKERMAN. 

3rd Lieutenant. 



lAMf.S (iKAV 



Corporals. 

1st Corporal J. S. Lewis 
2d " Victor Herb 

3rd " Thos. M. Wood 

4th " Austin B. Smith 

5th " W. H. Bullock. 



Sergeants. 



rst Sergeant L. C. Wilson 
2d " Christopher Doscher 

3rd " Richard Jarmain 

4th " George W. Cowan. 



J. Able 
R. D. Allison 
F. E. Adams 
E. B. Alvord 
Edward Anderson 
Thos. G. Angus 
T. H. Armstrong 
W. Barnard 
W. H. Bates 
Jacob F. Bennett 
C. T. Buckey 
J. D. Blauvelt 
S. Brower 
R. C. Brown 
J. W. Browning 
Mike Burns 
J. T. Burntwhistle 
B. Carter 
E. Cole 
E. A. Coleman 
George J. Collins 
R. A. Compton 
W. H. Conklin 
O. Connelly 
W. H. Covert 
Geo. W. Clark 
A. C. Chene\- 
1- N. Creamer 



Drummers. 



Philip Odell 



Privates. 

(. Cunningham 
W. B. Daiston 
W. Dewey 
C. E. Donaldson 
John E. Doscher 
E. M. L. Ehlers 
Joseph Evans 
Mike Fallon 
Chas. Fisher 
J. Fitzgerald 
Wm. Fogarty 
G. A. F"oster 
J. Gillev 
W. H. Gold ay 
C. K. Hankinson 
Alex. Hazard 
H. Holman 
Jacob Hopper 
Frank Howard 
Alex. Hunt 
Christopher Isles 
Richard E. Jones 
James M. Keeley 
lames Kellv 
"W. J. Kelly 
|. ^I. Kenney 
J. Knuble 
C. Kernzwill 



Joseph Purdy. 



John Linton 

J. Lowey 

J. Lyons 

Wm. A. Langley 

J. Maxwell 

Pat. Mooney 

J. Musselenan 

j. Parks 

Wm. A. Potter 

J. A. Reeves 

E. P. Richards 

W. T. Riker 

y. T. Robinson 

G. H. Rogers 

W. Schafulburg 

G. Schloendorff 

J. W. Scott 

J. P. Short 

Fred Stevens 

Edward Sweeney 

Wm. Sweezev 

Rob't B. Taylor 

Wm. Utter 

George W. Veldron 

C. T. Vollars 

Thomas Wiley 

Peter Ward 

J. H. McCormack. 



^be '^UafavKttc jfueilecrs/' 



Company F was known previous to its becoming one of the charter com- 
panies of the Twelfth Regiment as the " Lafayette Fusileers." It was the 
flank company of the Two Hundred and Fifty-second Regiment, and was 
commanded by Captain James Wilson when it became a part of the Twelfth 
Regiment in 1S47. 

At the time of the organization of the Twelfth, the " Independant Tomp- 
kins Blues " was commanded by Lieutenant Richard French, in the absence 
of its Captain, Charles Baxter, who had gone' to the Mexican War as Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel of the First Regiment, U. S. N. Y. Volunteers. Lieutenant 
Richard French succeeded Captain Wilson as commandant of the " Lafayette 
Fusileers," August loth, 1848. ist Lieutenant William McCauley was pro- 
moted to be Captain of " F " Company, when Captain French became Colonel 
of the Regiment. Colonel French was commissioned August loth, 1S55, suc- 
ceeding Colonel Stebbins. 

Captain William G. Ward (afterwards Colonel of the Regiment, and later 
a Brigadier-General), succeeded Captain McCauley. Captain James Cromie 
succeeded Captain William G. Ward and Captain John Ward (afterwards 
Colonel of the Twelfth), succeeded Captain Cromie. 

BARRACKS No. 1 MESS. -CAMP ANDERSON. 




No. 1. AiiiosS. llutthinsoii, .Jr. No. j. D.-w it C. Wliiting. No. 3. (leorjie W. Cole. 
No. 4. Charles J>. Clark. No.."., .lolni H. II. Hunter. No. 6. William H. Dcveiis. 
No. 7. Charles S. II Ickcrsoii. No. 8, .Iiistin .\. Kutlicrford. No. '.». Clicstcr H. 
Whiting. No. 111. .\. C. Atchinsoii. No. 11. niadlonl Whiting-. No. 12. Louis 
Hartnian. 



ROLL OF COMPANY F. 

Cotnpanv) jf, *'Xafa\>cttc 3fii6ilccrr\" 



Camp Anderson, Washington, D. C, iS6i. 



2d Lieutenant. 

William Dvatt. 



Corporals. 



Captain. 

I AMES C ROM IE. 



3rd Lieutenant. 

Henry Rowley. 



1st Lieutenant. 

Francis C. Barlow. 



Sergeants. 



1st Corporal James Murray 
2d " Joseph McFarland 

3rd " Robert Manson 

4th " James Pollock 

5th " Robert H. Young. 



1st Sergeant John K. Mathew 
2d " Thomas Houston 

3rd " Robert Prentice 

4th " Thomas Anderson 

5th " Hugh Watts. 



J. Baldwin 



Fred Angell 
William Angell 
William Berryman 
Thomas B. Benbow 
Charles D. Blair 
William Buckley 
James Bates 
James Bell 
Cornelius Beck 
John R. Brady 
Charles Benns 
J. W. Button 
Joseph Beatty 
Andrew Beyer 
Charles Connor 
lohn Clarke 
William CoUvell 
Frank Caulkins 
William Clarke 
John Curran 
James Cummings 
John Conway 
Samuel Cornish 
Theodore Drake 
Michael Dunn 
Patrick Donohoe 
Francis Decker 
William Dick 
.•\ugustus Edwards 
Charles Eagan 
James Fry 
Edward Fitzgerald 



Drummers. 

Privates. 

Joseph Fleming 
John Fowler 
lerome L. Foley 
Joseph Green 
Thomas Gregg 
Andrew Graham 
William Gantz 
Daniel Germain 
William Galbraith 
William Hogencamp 
Michael Higgins 
John Heenan 
Govenor Hamilton 
lohn Hampton 
Robert Hood 
J. R. Johnson 
George Jackson 
\. J. Jones 
C. S. Jones 
W. J. Jackson 
James Keely 
Thomas Kelly 
John Larken 
James M. Leeds 
William Luyster 
Joseph McElroy 
Francis McReady 
James McBrier 
James Miller 
John Murray 
William Mitchell 
Thomas Marshall 



William Wilson. 



Samuel Malloy 
Thomas Martin 
G. R. Morehead 
James Neel 
William Need ham 
Aaron Newherger 
William H. Oliver 
Patrick Ferryman 
Frederick Pinkel 
William Rogers 
William Ritchie 
Daniel Rierdon 
S. D. Stewart 
Thomas Shillings 
Patrick Shields 
Samuel Smith 
Frederick O. Schroeder 
J. D. Smith 
F. W. Sweeney 
Joseph Sutherland 
Edward Trimble 
Edward Tucker 
Augustus Tobias 
William Vogel 
James Wyley 
George Wallace 
Adolphus Wynant 
William H. Warden 
Tames N. Wilson 
Alexander Wilson 
David Wood 
Joseph Washington. 




1^ 



ROLL OF COMPANY G. 



2d Lieutenant. 

Henkv Magraih. 

Corporals. 



Camp Andersotj, Washington, D. C, iS6i. 

Captain. 

JAMES A. BOYLE. 

1st Lieutenant. 

Warren W. Chamkerlain. 



1st Corporal Edward Gilon 
2d " John G. Steel 

3rd " William O. Kinzey 

4th " Robert Grant. 



Sergeants. 

1st Sergeant John W. Hunt 
2d " Fredrick L. Vultee, jr. 

3rd " Lyman N. Jones 
4th " Sylvanus Bradvvav 

5th " George C. l)e Zouche. 



Drummers. 



William S. Barker 



Frederick Brown. 



Alfred H. Austin 
Philander Austin 
John Baker 
Henry O. Bailey 
Newton Barnes 
[ohn F. Bartholf 
J. R. Bloom 
Walter J. Burke 
William H. Brady 
Biron M. Burr 
Adolphus M. Baglin 
William Betts 
William \'. Byrne 
Mark A. Campbell 
Leopold Charrier 
Samuel Carleton 
Edward Cronin 
John J. Connelly 
Edward Coppers 
William F. Coxson 
Edgar H. Carpenter 
Peter Conlin 
Charles A. Clark 
Thomas H. Cummings 
John Connev 
Henrv W. Dale 
William L Dill 
Henry A. Dubois 
Franklin Depeau 
Andrew Dunphy 
Robert J. Ellis 



Privates. 

William Elliott 
James Fitzpatrick 
John J. Fitzgibbon 
Robert Gebhardt 
Robert M. Graff 
Arthur H. (ireen 
Theodore Hendricks 
William B. Hobby 
John S. Hart 
Charles W. Hicks 
Albert Hallenbeck 
George A. Hilton 
Charles Jacklard 
William A. Jenkins 
John E. Kennedy 
A. J. Lebeneau 
Mich'l C. Livings 
John E. Lockward 
Edward Lcckwood 
John Mahony 
Daniel Mahoney 
Samuel Mahon 
Lester D. Moore 
Alexander McCausland 
James McCutcheon 
Charles McGowan 
Patrick McNally 
John S. McKav 
Willian H. Miller 
Richard Mooney 
Henrv Moran 



Charles R. Near 
John A. Niederer 
Jeremiah Oakley 
Peter O'Keefe 
William B. Parkinson 
William T. Powers 
Henry Pratt 
Alexander F. Reed 
J. Roberts 
Charles Rupley 
John Sweeney 
John C. Sands 
John C. Schiitte 
George Seabold 
Lineus H. Stanley 
William M. Smith 
John Shields 
George W. Saunders 
J. G.' Steele 
George W. Stewart 
G. Smart 

Ferdinand W. Sonneborn 
Peter Thomas 
Theodore B. Torrance 
Adrien W. Tenney 
Sylvanus Tompkins 
Augustus C. Vigar 
James White 
Frank Woodward 
William Tracey. 



ROLL OF COMPANY H. 175 

Companv> lb, **©aytcr BUic6/' 



Camp Anderson, Washington, D. C, 1S61. 

Captain. 

WILLIAM H. McCORMICK. 



2d Lieutenant. 

I). G. McKei.vev 



Corporals. 



3rd Lieutenant. 

William McConkey. 



1st Lieutenant. 

EZEKIEL X'ANCE. 



Sergeants. 



1st Corporal Benjamin Chambers 
2d " George Stewart 

3rd " John McDermoit 

4th •' lames McCautrhen 

5th " Polk McKenna. 



1st Sergeant Matthew Glenn 
2d " William Keely 

3rd " Thomas Vance 

4th " James Williamson 

5th " George Cartwright. 



Joseph Flynn 



Drummers. 



Privates. 



Archibald Watts. 



Edward Allen 
James Ardis 
Martin Blauvelt 
John I). Blauvelt 
Edward Blauvelt 
Martin F. Brower 
Martin Brown 
Robert Blair 
John Boyd 
William Brower 
Cornelius Bogert 
Frank Burton 
George Baily 
C. E. Baldwin 
George Buchanan 
Samuel Campbell 
William Crawford 
William J. Callahan 
Charles Corbett 
Robert Crawford 
Joseph Delavan 
John Davis 
J. L. Davis 
William Davis 
L Dow 
Walter Dunn 
Charles Eichele 
Charles Eversolde 
Percy H. Farrell 



Michael Fogerty 
William H. Greenwood 
John Houston 
James Houston 
Michael Higgins 
Michael Hudson 
Henry Hodge 
Robert Hogg 
William Horan 
Simon Heimerdinger 
[ohn Hodge 
E. Lloyd 
William McKeon 
David McCreery 
John McKee i 
John McKee 2 
George McFadden 
William McAfee 
Thomas Mulvany 
William Moore 
Joseph Moore 
George Moxon 
John Millward 
E. L Mattock 
John Martine 
Andrew Murdock 
S. L Moorehead 
Michael Moonev 
William H. Nichols 



John Nugent 
George H. Owen 
William N. Pierce 
Henry Payton 
John T. Parrott 
Peter Rosenker 
Louis Roth 
John Ryan 
Miles St. John 
Patrick Smith 
Alexander Smith 
William Stevens 
James Scott 
Thomas Spence 
T. Shattock 
William Spalkhaven 
Oscar J. Smith 
William Thomas 
George Torrence 
Joseph Taylor 
Richard Trisk 
Hugh Thompson 
Walter L. Thompson 
A. L. \'an Horn 
James White 
Robert Webb 
[ames Wallace. 






ROLL OF COMPANY L. 

Companv^ II, ''IRational 6ra^6." 



Camp Anderson, Washington, D. C, i86r. 
Captain. 



WILLIAM RAYNOR. 



2d Lieutenant. 

Leandek K. HrNGHA>r. 



3rd Lieutenant. 

Edward M. Fisher. 



1st Lieutenant. 

Herbert R. Mackay. 



Corporals. 

1st Corporal Edward O 


Sergeants. 

Halstead ist Sergeant Jacob Acorn 


2d " Samuel Curtiss, Jr. ist 
3rd " Joseph N. Dilkes 2d 


James A. McCreary* 
James Lyall 


4th " \Vm. Ashl 


jy. 3rd 


Wm. R. McCreary 




4th ■ 


Fred. L. Sherman 




5th • 


Henry E. Spinning. 


Drummers. 

John McKeever George Ferguson. 
Privates. 


Isaac Allen 


Wm. N. Davidson 


Thomas Phelan 


James M. H. Allen 


John E. Dowley 


Geo. W. Porter 


Charles Anderson 


A. Dudley 


J. A. Pollack 


Aaron W. Arnold 


Isaac J. Denike 


Geo. Priestley 


Asa Burras 


B. Evans 


T. Plunkett 


M. Beatty 


John S. Ellison 


Wm. H. Rice 


P. H. Brady 


Thomas Flynn 


J. C. Staples 


F. Boyce 


H. Goodrich 


H. Southwell 


E. Boyce 


J. G. Goodall 


H. Smith 


John Boenken 


John Harper 


J. Segiiine 


John Beers 


Thomas W. Jarret 


H. Sabine 


Thomas H. Carter 


Walter Leasenbee 


A. A. Smith 


Boston Corbett 


Edward Kirk, Jr. 


John F. H. Smith 


George Cromwell 


Christian Meyer 


W. Vandall 


John Colby 


John McKechnie 


Augustus Van Cortlandt 


Wm. Calhoun 


M. V. Mclntyre 


Harvey Wood 


Chas. W. Cortwright 


John McKay 


Rufus F. Woodward 


Samuel H. Crissy 


B. 0. Mowrey 


Wm. P. Wright 


Edward Charles 


11. B. Mott 


Henry B. Wilson 


S. F. Curran 


Edward C. Muckle 


Isaac Warks 


Frank Chase 


Robert Mowbray 


Francis Wilson 


John Conway 


John F. Murray 


Daniel Webster 


Richard Correy 


James C. Merritt 


T. F. Weaver 


James Cunningham 


James W. Mullen 


Samuel Weil. 


John Davidson 


Thomas Nevins 





Went to Washington as 1st Sergeant, assigned toother duty, and Jacob Acorn made 
1st Sergeant. 



1lnci^ent6 of 'Slyt^^onc. 



The First Injured. Sergeant Walter L. Thompson of Company H, in 
1861, when two miles out from Annapolis, turned his left foot on a railroad tie, 
causing a fracture of one of the small bones of the ankle. He is believed to 
have been the first man accidently injured in the Regiment in the Campaign of 
'Sixty-one. With the aid of Private George W. Owens, who was a young medi- 
cal graduate, he was able to " foot it " to the Junction over the road that has 
been made famous in joke and song as "only nine miles to the Junction." 
At the Junction the train, which had been restored by men from the Twelfth 
Regiment, took the Regiment to Washington. Sergeant Thompson was 
taken to the little church on 4J2 Street, where his wound was dressed by his 
"chum," Dr. Owens. The following day President Lincoln and Secretary 
of State Seward were making visits to the newly arrived troops, and naturally 
stepped into the church. Sergeant Thompson's leg was black and very 
much swollen up to between the knee and thigh, from the irritation caused 
to the injured parts by the march to the Junction and lack of circulation. 

The President stopped and, as was his custom, made inquiry as to the 
accident, etc., and after President Lincoln had expressed his sympathy, 
Secretary Seward remarked, "Mr. President, the Empire State boys have 
the grit." The President with his quick repartee said, " Yes ; but we from 
the west of the Ohio get in first on ours." It will be remembered that 
Seward was defeated in the Convention of 1S60 which nominated Abraham 
Lincoln. 

The National Grays. At the outbreak of the war the country at large 
was very little informed regarding the uniform and rank of officers of the 
various arms of the service, and it caused for a time many amusing incidents. 
One of them occurred to a member of the " National Grays " (Co. I) : 

One Sunday morning after a long march James Lyall was very desirous 
of getting "a good, square meal," and in conversation with Captain Raynor 
and Lieutenant Mackay, Private Lyall, who had been acting in the capacity 
of a commissary, offered to pay for three good dinners if they could be 
obtained, and it was decided to go to the nearest hotel for their Sunday 
dinner. But one difficulty confronted them. It was customary for guards 
to be placed over hotels immediately the army approached, so that meals 
might be saved for the officers. How could Private Lyall pass the guards 
and get a dinner at the hotel? After deliberation, Lyall thought of his 
handsome new gray suit of the "National Grays." He put it on and 
the three started off. They had not gone far when a sentry appeared before 
them in the road. There was nothing to do but to put on a bold front. 
His Captain led and the Lieutenant next and Private Lyall followed in the 
rear. The sentry let the first two pass without a sign or word, but when he 
saw Lyall he made a movement towards him. The Captain and Lieutenant 
had turned round and were watching, for it looked uncertain for Lyall's 
dinner that day. But greatly to their surprise the sentinel, instead of 
crying halt ! presented arms. He had mistaken the elaborate gilt trimmings 
upon the uniform to indicate higher rank than that of the two officers who 
had preceded. The three enjoyed an excellent dinner, as Private Lyall, after 
this recognition, led the way and told the sentinel to " pass these two," 
pointing to the Captain and Lieutenant. The possession of that gray suit 
was of great service to Lyall in many ways after that little episode. 



ROLL OF COMPANY K. 

Company Ik, ^^ Black IRiflce." 



179 



Cami> Anderson, Washington, D. C, i86r. 



Captain. 

RALPH H. OLMSTEAD. 



2d Lieutenant. 

James S. Dean. 



3rd Lieutenant. 

Robert F. Macfari.ane. 



1st Lieutenant. 

William F. Gardner. 



2d 

3rd 

4th 

5th 



Corporals. 








Sergeants. 


oral Richard H. Barro 


ws 


1st 


Sergea 


nt William L. Burns 


Thomas S. Clark 




2d 


" 


Benjamin F. Coleman 


William Kreps 




3rd 




George W. Knight 


Andrew Jackson 




4th 


" 


James Darrow 


John B. Suitor. 


Dru 


5th 
mmers. 


" 


James W. Fuller. 



Augustus johusc. 



Thomas Williams. 



Peter Benert 
John Bishop 
James H. Bird 
James B. Black 
Charles Bott 
Robert Breingan 
Addison Brown, |r. 
Daniel Buggy 
John Browning 
Andrew D. Campbell 
*Jacob A. Clark 
CharlesE. Clearman 
William L. Combes 
Frank Covert 
Franklin Co\;an 
Samuel Cool, Jr. 
Henry W. Cooper 
Samuel Conroy 
George Cellars 
James S. Daily 
John Dougherty 
Thomas Dunn 
Alfred Eyre 
James A. Elliott 
James Fiddes 
Oscar Fowler 
Charles A. Grainer 



Privates. 

Peter F. Gowans 
John Gorman 
John S. Giles 
John J. Harris 
Philip Hanoran 
Michael Hanlon 
Frederick Hartley 
William Hartley 
Edward Hartley 
Jeremiah L. Hickey 
George W. Holdridge 
Baxter Howe 
William H. Hunt 
Richard H. Hilton 
John Hickey 
John Jackson 
James E. Jacobs 
Whitmore D. Jennings 
Ferdnand A. Jamison 
Victor W. Johnson 
Samuel Johnson 
Malichai J. Kelly 
George F. Kuhn 
John Lang 
John N. Lenahan 
George Lockwood 
Peter F. McDonald 



Stewart H. McFarland 
Thomas McCaulay 
John McCaulay 
Thomas McNab 
Hugh McBride 
Thomas Mulligan 
David Martin 
Hugh Montgomery 
James M. Nelson 
John S. Paden 
John Peterson 
Robert Smith 
George B. Smith 
David G. Snow 
William L. Simpson 
Cornelius Sanford 
Edward Thuesen 
Horace F. Trusdale 
John H. Wilson 
William Walsh 
John Willse 
John J. Walliant 
James C. White 
Andrew F. Walliant 
Oscar Henry Young. 




* J:icub A. Clark, discharged for dis;il)ility June -jytli, 1S6L 




GUARD HOUSE, i a r.n '1 AN DERSON . 



6uai^ Ibousc Club S01U3. 

12th Regt., N. Y. S. M. 



wruten kv " ai'OLLo," captain john ward, jr., of company a. 



All!— " G'Krri/ Oiroi/' '< 

'J 

I- i 

" FaJstaJf," Ci\i>t. Uusoif, of Co. P., caused the ilisturliance failed the Desiccated ij 

rotato Riot. '■'■Robinson Criiaoe," Lieut. Vance, put it down, being officer of the guard \\ 

at Caniii Anderson, that day, by ordering the guard to charge bayonets on the crowd. I 

When Huson led a gallant crew. 

And buried darkly deep from view 

A very pretty Irish stew, y 

Of taters desiccated: — | 

'T was Falstaff then he called to mind, r 
For Crusoe boldly charged behind; 

And fleeing like the rushing wind, i, 

No bayonet thrust he awaited. I 

''■ ] 

" Don .hum." (apt. Orn wkll. " Tlic Irish Minister.'' Lieut. Lougiiran, both of Co. \). | 

Don Juan is a man of size; ,] 

He drinks the light of Woman's eyes— 

Those burly men the ladies prize; "j 

Oh ! he's the boy for blarney! ' ,> 

The Irish Minister and he, . 'jj 

When staggering home from some wild spree, il 

Are not the boys for you and me; tj 

They grew near Lake Killarney. il 

III. j 
"Garilialdi, Cajit. Fowler, of Co. C. ", 

The Charlestown women screamed amain, ,. 
When Garibaldi made a name, 
By seizing every counterpane. 

As trophied rebel banners. 

Each Revolutionary gun - ■ \ 
He seized, would murder every one 

By shooting backwards, just for fun; I 

We taught him better manners. j 

IV. I 
"Adonis," Lieut. Hansen, of Co. B. |i 

Adonis never opes his eyes, ' 
But sleeps till dress parade, then cries 

Because he lost his mess-room pies — •'■ 

He 's death on cakes and candy. | 



1 82 TWELFTH REGIMENT, 1861. 

Hut when he draws his sabre bright, 
The Southrons all he'll put to flight. 
His dress and style proclaim him quite 
The soldier and the dandy. 



" GuUivcr," Capt. Olmstkad, of Co. K, loniierly a seaman. 

But Gulliver's the man for me; 

He savors of the rolling sea, 

And rolls his men so fresh and free, 

In crooked line of battle. 
That, "Will you never dress your men ? " 
The Colonel cries, and shouts again, 
" Your sheep are straggling from their pen; 

Dress up those clumsy cattle!" 

VI. 

"T/(e G?adtfl/o?-," Lieut. HOYT, of Co. E, jiromoted Aide-de-camp to liis Miglituu ss 
the Lord High Commander-in-ohief, Sir Daniel ButterfleUl, Brig.-Geiieral. 

When mounted on his fine gray horse, 
We eye the Gladiator's course; 
The captains vote him man of force. 

And bow in mute submission. 
The bold brigade absorbs our men, 
And ne'er to our poor earth again, 
Those chaps escaped from mortal ken. 

Will come with Dan's permission. 

VII. 

" Borneo," Capt. Rydek, of Co. E, noted for lookin;^ at his foot for half an hour at a 
time. "The Vivandicrc," Lieut. Ackkkman, also of Co. E, wiio took his place during 
Ids illness. 

Oh, Romeo! gentle Romeo mild, 
Thou dreamy, most abstracted child! 
How could thy Vivandiere so wild. 

E'er take thy place so sweetly? 
Can he with all his vagrant crew 
Of nymphs in pale ethereal blue. 
E'er blot thy presence from our view ? 

Rebuke him, Cap, "discreetly!" 

VIII. 

"Goliath " lAenX. Dkan, of Co. K. " Miraicher," Lieiil. AIuhkay, of Co. I) (Clerk 
of the Tombs C<Mirt). '^ Roli Haw," Lieut. McKelvkv, oI Co. H, an ex-police cajitain. 

" (jo, liah!" So the maiden cried; 
" Oh bring Micawber to my side. 
And let me be his leaving bride; 
Police are what I doat on! 
The clerk that rules amid the Tombs 
Will drive Rob Haw from out its glooms; 
He'll eat my very wedding plumes. 
Ere Mic has g(jt his coat on." 



GUARD HOUSE CLUB SONG. 183 

IX. 

" Othello," Oapt. JIcOokmack, of Ci). H, who liiid ;i bogus rebel flag i)abiiecl ott on him 
at Harper's Ferry. " Gdr/'w/VdiVCapt. Fowler, of Co. C, who dechired be had got a 
real one. 

Othello paid a dollar bright, 
To win a flag from out the fight; 
He led his men with fierce delight 

To take it from a fireplace. 
The Guard House Club was there before, 
And Charlestown's dye bestowed the gore; 
Our Garibaldi as of yore. 

Had found his in a higher place. 

X. 

" Mtmte Christo," Lieut. Monteith, of Co. C, who rode over the ford at Willianisport. 

When Monte Christo sees a ford. 

His scruples all go overboard; 

And, since proud man 's creation's lord, 

He always must use cattle : 
So, laziness takes place of pride. 
And o'er Potomac's river wide, 
Upon a horse, without a guide. 

He rides to snuff the battle. 

XI. 

" Tlie Great Moijiil," I.ieut. Mack w. '•Dun (jiU.nitc," Capt. Kaynok, both of Co. 1. 

The Great Mogul! a king indeed! 
But since Don Quixote takes the lead. 
He reads as hard as he can read, 

And argues Hardee harder. 
Don Qui.xote blandly smiles awaj', 
But will not heed Great Mogul's sway; 
They fight o'er tactics all the day. 

Then pitch into the larder. 

XII. 

" Pixaitoiial ]}," Capt. Bovi.e, of Co. (i, noted for lying in bed iu the morning. 

Oh, when the Piscatorial B 
Returns from some long trip to sea, 
To rave about the letter G, 

Best disciplined of letters! 
The Guard House Club would like to know 
If morn (instead of snoring slow), 
Has ever found him in a glow 

From drilling with his betters. 

XIII. 

" Michel Angein," Lieut. Rintoul, of Co. C. 

Our Michel Angelo 's the man 
To hit upon some curious plan 
Of catching men, as would our Dan, 
In some most trifling error. 



1 84 TWELFTH REGIMENT, 1861. 

Then, who can grandly swell as he, 
And tell us how things ought to be ? 
Thus, puddles ape the raging sea 
In majesty of terror. 

XIV. 

'^ Bob Ilaic," Lit'iit. McKelvev, of Co. H, who was pointed out to a countryman at 
Hagerstown as being able to eat a whole slieep before breakfast. Tne countryman, open- 
mouthed aslvcd him if he really could. McKelvey was asleep in a wood, and Col. Butter- 
field sent foi- him, and introduced him. 

Rob Haw, when sleeping in a wood, 
Can sleep as only gluttons should. 
Who eat a sheep, if fat and good, 

Ere morning fast be broken. 
The countryman at Hagerstown 
Could hardly gulp the story down: 
But size and stomach told the clown 

They did the truth betoken. 

XV. 

" Santa Anna," Lieut. Whitlock, of Co. C. 

The Guard House Club declare they owe 
A debt to Santa Anna. So, 
Whene'er he feels the cocktail glow. 

They call out, " Ready ! Fire! " 
Two drinks slip down where one was bet; 
One swallow makes no summer, yet 
His swallows make one somerset. 

For G. P's never tire. 

XVI. 

^' Metamora " Capt. Ckomie, of Co. F. 

When travelling in the dusty cars. 
Our Metamora, son of Mars, 
Looks out for all the tavern bars, 

In search of cakes and waiters. 
Poor gentleman! I dread to say. 
He threatens, in his madman way. 
To add to all the soldiers' pay 

The price of worn-out gaiters. 

XVII. 

" Todlehen," luiginccr Chukch. 

Todleben, e'er at dress parade. 
Throws all the dandies in the shade; 
And e'en Adonis asks his aid 

To win the ladies' glances. 
With Snyder, he laid out the forts 
And rebels foiled with gay retorts; 
Secesh ne'er put him out of sorts — 

Uncaptured still he dances. 

CAMI" AndkksON, Washington, I). ('., ami West Virginia, .Tuh, 1861. 



J NCI DENTS OF 'SIXTY-ONE. 185 

The Telegraph Squad. Company H was recruited largely from 
New York volunteer firemen. Shortly after the Regiment arrived at Wash- 
ington a fire broke out at Willard's Hotel, and some members of this company 
rushed down on double quick and had the fire under control when the 
Washington firemen arrived. As a memento of the occasion they secured a 
telegraph signboard which they nailed upon their barracks, and were sub- 
sequently known as " The Telegraph Squad," as in the illustration opposite 
the Muster Roll of Company H. This company fired the first volley at an 
organized body of Confederate troops after fording the Potomac and march- 
ing to Martinsburg, in West Virginia, in July, iS6[. The incident occurred 
a few days after the advance into Virginia, and was near Martinsburg. 
Company H, while with a Battalion detailed to protect a foraging train 
some distance outside the picket line, was ordered down the side of a hill 
to cover a flank of the train during the afternoon. This duty was interrupted 
by the appearance of a large bloodhound coming in the direction of the 
guard in a very threatening manner, and was stopped only by the firing of a 
shot at him which caused a rapid retreat in the direction of his master, who 
proved to be one of a party of about thirty Confederate cavalry drawn up 
on the plains at the foot of the hill on which the company was stationed. 
The company advanced in double time, and as soon as it came in full 
view the cavalry retreated, Company H sending a volley after them. 

Independence Guard. Extracts from letter written by John E. Ken- 
nedy, Company G, dated Washington, May Sth, 1861, and published in the 
Red Hook weekly Jon run!, May r6th, 1S61: 

"Yesterday afternoon we had a full-dress parade and after we were 
dismissed I was glad enough to retire to my downy couch, (down on the floor, 
I mean). After I had been asleep about an hour, the Corporal came in with 
letters, and gave me a very welcome one from home, which I should have 
answered immediately, but it was then after nine o'clock and taps are sounded 
at ten when all lights have to be put out. 

" We marched to our barracks on Franklin Square to-day and conveniences 
are very scarce, especially writing materials. I am now writing in true 
soldier style on the back of a knapsack, and I know you will excuse me for 
writing with a pencil when I tell you that if I waited until I could get pen and 
ink you might have to wait another day. 

" We are now under very strict discipline, the same as though we were in 
the Regular Army. Our troops stationed here are in good health and the 
best of spirits, but complain about our uniforms not coming. Take them one 
and all they are a pretty rough-looking set. Pants and coats torn and mended 
as soldiers only can tear and mend. Some have worn their feet through to 
the ground and have to go barefoot. If we were told we were to have no 
uniforms or clothing, a great many of us could send home for something, but 
they keep telling us we will get our clothing to-morrow. The members of 
our Company who had very poor shoes were yesterday taken around into 
Pennsylvania Avenue and presented with a pair of brogans by our ist Lieu- 
tenant Chamberlain. 

" Last Tuesday I got my shoes half-soled, and next Tuesday I expect to 
have the same thing done again. Whether they wear out with so much drill- 
ing and marching or on account of bad workmanship in mending I am unable 
to say ; probably both. Some were foolish enough to cut their boots on our 
march from Annapolis and many of those have to go barefoot. 

" I must now close, for I expect to hear 'roast beef' any minute and I 
must be at my post, for roast beef is not beat any too often." 



lficl^ ©tficcre of tbc ITvvclftb IRctjimcnt from 
1847 to 1804. 



Colonels. 



Henry G. Stebbins May 15, 1848. 

Richard French August 10, 1855. 

John S. Cocks April 24, 1857. 

Daniel Butterfield November 28, 1859. 

William G. Ward October 25, 1861. 

John Ward, Jr January 4, 1867. 

S. Van Rensselaer Cruger December 4, 1877. 

James H. Jones December 12, 1883. 

Thomas H. Barber December 31, 1888. 

Heman Dowd October 17, 1889. 

Lieutenant Colonels. 

John Jacob Astor June 26, 1S4S. 

Emanuel B. Hart December i, 1851. 

* John S. Cocks October 12, 1S55. 

Junius B. Stearns April 28, 1856. 

Henry A. Weeks April 24, 1S57. 

Henry A. Weeks November 28, 1S59. 

William G. Ward December 15, i860. 

Livingston Satterlee June 3, 1862. 

Knox McAfee April 12, 1867. 

Henry Alger Gildersleeve April 8, 1870. 

S. Van Rensselaer Cruger January 15, 1875. 

William G. Wilson October 15, 1S77. 

James II. Jones July 17, 1883. 

Heman Dowd April 29, 1885. 

George A. Miller July 30, 1888. 

McCoskry Butt February 27, 1S93. 

Majors. - 

Jonas Bartlett August 6, 1847. 

Junius T. Stagg August 4, 1851. 

Thomas C. Fields December 27, 1853. 

Henry A. Weeks October 12, 1855. 

William Watts , May 2, 1857. 

* Alexander P. Kennan November 28, 1859. 

William G. Ward May 25, 1S60. 

Henry A. Bostwick December 15, i860. 

E. Ellery Anderson April 15, 1S62. 

George A. Hilton February 24, 1864. 

John Ward, Jr October 19, 1865. 

Knox McAfee January 4, 1S67. 

Andrus B. Howe April 12, 1867. 

S. Van Rensselaer Cruger April 8, 1870. 

William G. Wilson January 15, 1875. 

James H. Jones April 21, 1S78. 

John J. Riker January 9, 1884. 

Robert W. Leonard January 6, 1S90. 

Charles S. Burns May 15, 1S93. 

* Declined Cf^mmission. 



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1R09tcr of (^ommi£19ionc^ ©fffccre. 

Twelfth Regiment, N. G. S. N. Y. 
1894. 



Colonel Heman Dovvd 25 Nassau Street, New York. 

Lieut. -Colonel McCoskry Butt S West 52d Street, New York. 

Major Robert W. Leonard 14 East 53rd Street, New York. 

Major Charles S. Burns 439 West 57th Street, New York. 

Adjutant J. Mayhew Wainvvright 36 Wall Street, New York. 

Adjutant Newbold Morris 17 East 64th Street, New York. 

Adjutant H. S. Clark Jerome Av. & 167th St. New York. 

Quartermaster E. R. Powers 13S West 21st Street, New York. 

Com. of Subsistence Schuyler Scheitfelin. .38 West 9th Street, New York. 

Surgeon W. E. Lambert 30 West 33rd Street, New York. 

Asst. Surgeon Morton R. Peck 126 West Sist Street, New York. 

Chaplain Roderick Terry 169 Madison Avenue, New York. 

Captain E. C. Smith Co. .\ .... 50 West 35th Street, New York. 

1st Lieut. E. Tilton " ... .24 State Street, New York. 

2d Lieut. T. H. Bridgeman " ... .Grand Central Depot, New York. 

Captain Charles A. Smylie Co. B. . . .140 West 58th Street, New York. 

1st Lieut. S. Schieffelin Stebbins. " ... .958 Madison Avenue, New York. 
2d Lieut. Stephen S. Johnson.. . . " ... .Orange, N. J. 

Captain Charles J. Seiter Co. C... 523 Lenox Avenue, New York. 

1st Lieut. Thomas W. Huston.. . " ... .438 West 47th Street, New York. 

Captain B. S. Barnard Co. I). . . .502 Manhattan Ave., New York. 

1st Lieut. Lloyd B. Banks " ... .New London, Ct. 

Captain Frank Roosevelt Co. E . . .62 East 34th Street, New York. 

1st Lieut. W. F. Judson " ... .54 Wall Street, New York. 

2d Lieut. S. B. P. Trowbridge.... " ... .62 East 34th Street, New York. 

Captain James W. Gerard Co. F 17 Gramercy Park, New York. 

1st Lieut. H. G. Paine " ... .333 East 17th Street, New York. 

Captain G. R. Dyer. . . .• Co. G. . . .48 West 9th Street, New York. 

1st Lieut. F. C. Harriman " .... 59 Cedar Street, New York. 

Captain Washington Content... .Co. H. . . .157 West 82d Street, New York. 

1st Lieut. David Banks, Jr " ... .New London, Ct. 

Captain Thomas Denny, Jr Co. I. . . .6 West 34th Street, New York. 

1st Lieut. C. W. Smith, Jr " ... .152 West 77th Street, New York. 

Captain J. R. Blake Co. K. . . .58 West 98th Street, New York. 

1st Lieut. Richard V. Croker " ... .S63 East 134th Street, New York. 



annonc0 of tbc IT we If tb. 



In 1859, and until May, 1863, the Armory for most of the com- 
panies comprising the Twelfth Regiment was the " Mercer House," 
which was located on the S. W. corner of Mercer and Broome Streets. 
In the winter of i86o-'6i the officers met at 594 Broadway, and 
continued at this location until January 31st, 1S62. February 28th, 
1862, the Headquarters were established at Jefferson Market, and 
from December 26th, 1862, until May, 1863, the Board of Officers 
met at the Hone House. 

May I St, 1863, the Twelfth Regiment was quartered in the top 
loft of the building S. E. corner of Broadway and Fourth Street, 
runnmg through to Lafayette Place. The same building still (1894) 
occupies that location. This Armory was obtained by Colonel 
William G. Ward. 

Friday evening, February 17th, i87i,the"New Armory," on 
the corner of Broadway and Thirty-fourth Street, was opened with 
a Promenade Concert. 

Just before the first of May, 1873, the Twelfth moved from 
Broadway and Thirty-fourth Street to Broadway and Forty-fifth 
Street. The Regiment occupied these quarters until April 21st, 1887, 
when the present Armory was dedicated and taken possession of by 
the active regiment, accompanied by \'eterans of the Twelfth Regi- 
ment. The active Regiment was reviewed in the evening by the late 
General William T. Sherman, and medals to active members for 
long and faithful services were presented by Major-General Daniel 
Butterfield. Ifpon this occasion the Armory was filled to e.xcess 
by the Regiment and friends. 

The following description of the late Armory on the corner of 
Broadway and Forty-fifth Street appeared in the Ar/uy and Navy 
Journal oi March 29th, 1873 : 

"The Twelfth Infantry, since leaving its old (|uarters in the top 



ARMORIES OF THE TWELFTH. 191 

loft of the old building at the corner of Fourth Street and Broad- 
way, has been particularly fortunate in obtaining drill and meeting 
rooms. Some few years ago, it will be remembered, the regiment, 
through the persevering efforts of its commander. Colonel John 
Ward, vacated this old armory for the 'Everett Rooms,' located 
at Broadway and Thirty-fourth Street, which were enlarged and 
very nicely fitted up for use of the regiment, and for the past two 
years have been occupied with benefit to the regiment. A few 
months ago, however, during a ' reform ' movement, the owners of 
the armory offered to cancel the lease, which offer was accepted by 
the Board of Supervisors, and the Twelfth ordered to ' move on,' 
which it will commence to do ne.xt month, and on the ist of May 
occupy, in the main, the building located at the corner of Broad- 
way and Forty-fifth Street. The building now to be occupied by 
the regiment, conjointly with the First Battalion and Washington 
Gray Cavalry, is very finely adapted to the purposes of the militia, 
is new, and was originally erected for market purposes, having on 
the second floor a spacious assembly hall. The ground floor is oc- 
cupied by stores, and the two upper floors are rented to the county 
by Mr. R. T. Ford, for the sum of §24,000 a year, exclusive of the 
taxes. As before stated, three organizations have been assigned to 
these quarters, which have been properly partitioned off, and are 
approached by three entirely distinct staircases. The Twelfth's en- 
trance is at the corner of Broadway and Forty-fifth Street, with a 
broad staircase of black walnut leading to the upper floor, and a 
short flight connecting with the lower floor, occupied by the com- 
pany and squad drill rooms. The company meeting rooms are ten 
in number, and average about 30 x 20 feet in size. Six of these 
are on Broadway. The large drill room is situated on the upper 
(third) floor, and is a handsome room of excellent proportions, 
with a gallery running entirely around it at a good elevation. The 
dimensions of this room are 110x70 feet. The series of arches 
supporting one side of the gallery add much to the effect of this 
fine room, and its appearance is also enhanced by the second tier of 




Colonel Stephen Van Rensselaer Cruger. 



Colonel Stephen Van Rensselaer Cruger. 



Colonel Cruger was commissioned Major of the Twelfth Regiment 
April 8th, 1S70, Lieutenant Colonel January 15th, 1875, Colonel December 
4th, 1877, and was succeeded by Colonel Jones December i2th, 1S83. 

He was born in New York City, May 9th, 1S44, and received his educa- 
tion principally in Europe, where he was a student at the breaking out of 
our civil war. He returned home and at once espoused the cause of the 
Union, joining the One Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment N. Y. Vols., and was 
commissioned First Lieutenant of Company F when but seventeen years old. 
In 1S63 his regiment joined the Army of the Potomac and participated in the 
battle of Gettysburg. During the fight on the 2d and 3rd of July Lieutenant 
Cruger commanded his company with marked ability, winning the admiration 
of both officers and men for his coolness and bravery under fire. 

On the following August he was promoted to the position of Adjutant. 
and in October of the same year the regiment was ordered to join Sherman's 
army ; and was assigned to the Twentieth Army Corps, and in the spring of 
1864 took part in the celebrated Atlanta Campaign. During all the memorable 
events attending this remarkable movement, young Cruger bore an impor- 
tant part, and at the battle of Resaca was twice wounded. So severely was 
he disabled that it was feared by all his comrades that he would never again 
be fit for duty in the field, and the Secretary of War, on the recommendation 
of the surgeon of the corps, at once sent an honorable discharge. 

Three or four months, however, restored the young Adjutant to health 
and vigor once more, and he applied for restoration to his command, and 
was reinstalled, joining his regiment at Atlanta in September, 1864, and 
participated in the great " March to the Sea." 

During Sherman's march from Savannah to Raleigh, N. C, the regiment, 
after the capture of Fayetteville, was engaged in the battle of Averysboro, 
where Adjutant Cruger had his horse shot under him. Then followed the 
battle of Bentonville, the last in which Sherman's army was engaged until 
the surrender of Johnston at Durham Station. Previous to the surrender. 
Adjutant Cruger was promoted to the rank of Captain, and appointed Chief 
of Ordnance of the First Division, Twentieth Corps, commanded by General 
A. S. Williams, in which position he served until mustered out in June, 1865. 
He was brevetted Major and Lieutenant Colonel " for gallant and meritorious 
conduct during the campaign through Georgia and the Carolinas." 

Colonel Cruger entered the real estate business in 1867 and soon secured 
the management of several large estates, among them the large real estate 
interests of Trinity Church. In 1883 he was elected a trustee of the Mutual 
Life Insurance Company. He is also a director in the New York Life 
Insurance and Trust Company, the Illinois Central Railroad, the United 
States branch of the Commercial Union Insurance Company and a trustee 
of the Astor Library. 

Notwithstanding the vast business interests with which Mr. Cruger is 
connected, and which compelled him to resign the Colonelcy of the Twelfth, 
he still finds time to encourage and promote a spirit of military ardor among 
the young men of the city. The Twelfth still shows evidence of his admir- 
able discipline and military skill. 



194 TWELFTH REGIMENT, N. G. S. N. V. 

light arches in front of the gallery. The Board of Officers' room is 
a long apartment on the Broadway side of the drill room, and a 
smaller room adjoining is proposed for the use of headquarters. A 
number of rooms on the gallery floor will be devoted to the use of 
the band and drum corps, quartermaster, etc. The armory is a de- 
cided improvement upon the present one of the regiment, and is 
calculated to stimulate the command to new efforts. 

" The furniture of the present armory will soon be removed to 
these new quarters, and the ten company meeting rooms will have 
hard-wood floors of black walnut and Georgia pine, and be fitted 
with black wahiut lockers properly upholstered, and with handsome 
desks, as in the present armory. The meeting rooms will be lighted 
by brackets, while the upper floor will be decorated with the 
chandeliers of the old armory. The main staircase has been hand- 
somely oiled and wainscoted with hard wood at the owner's ex- 
pense, and the whole building when completed will present an air 
of decided elegance, while the towers at the extremities of the 
Broadway front aid in giving a peculiarly military appearance to 
the structure." 

The Twelfth owed this line Armory to the untiring eftorts of 
Colonel John Ward. An extensive lire, October ist, postponed the 
opening till January, 1874, the Armory being admirably restored. 
Cbc ipic£icnt Bimorg of tbc ?r\vc[ftl."» TRcciimcnt. 

M. W. Frank R. Lawrence, Grand Master of Masons in the 
State of New V'ork, assisted by the officers of the Grand Lodge, in 
the presence of the officers of the Regiment, various officers of the 
city government and a large concourse of people, laid the corner 
stone of the present Armory with Masonic ceremonies, September 
19th, 1885. 

It was through the united personal efforts of Colonel S. Van 
Rensselaer Cruger and Colonel James H. Jones that the Twelfth 
Regiment was enabled to occui)y the first armory built by the 
County for the National Guard in this city. 

DESCRIPTION OF THE PRKSENT AKMORV. 

']"he following is a descri[)tion which was published at the time 
of taking possession of the present .\rmorv : 



THE PRESENT ARMORY. 195 

The new Armory of the Twelfth Regiment, N. G., now com- 
pleted, is situated on the west side of Ninth Avenue, between Sixty- 
first and Sixty-second Streets, and has a frontage of 325 feet on 
Sixty-second Street, 175 feet on Sixty-first Street, and 200 feet on 
the entire block-frontage on Ninth Avenue. It is the first armory 
built by the City for the use of the National Guard. l"he armory 
consists of two distinct sections — the drill room, and the adminis- 
tration buildmg ; the drill room covering the plot fronting on 
Ninth .Avenue, with a length of 200 feet on the avenue, and width 
of 175 feet on the two side streets, while the administration build- 
ing, situated in the west end of the armory, on Sixty-second Street, 
covers an area of 150 x 100 feet. The roof of the drill hall, 
which rises to a height of 70 feet above level of floor, is supported 
by a series of steel arched girders, braced and counterbraced with 
lattice trusses, and ornamented in centre of dome with a lantern 
skylight which runs nearly the entire length of the roof. The en- 
tire bearing and sustaining parts of roof and skylight are of stee), 
and it is the first steel roof ever built in New York. 

As the defensive nature of the building demanded extra pre- 
cautions, the diill-room walls were built of a greater thickness than 
is usual under ordinary circumstances, besides being further 
strengthened by circular buttresses on the outside face of the wall, 
which extend up and form a part of the parapet. This parapet 
girts the three fronts of drill hall, and rises about eight feet above a 
brick walk which runs around the entire roof, on which a guard may 
be mounted ; and by means of the loopholes in the parapet walls, 
the sentinels may observe all that is going on in the streets below, 
and at the same time command the roofs and houses in the im- 
mediate vicinity. • 

.\s an armory should be made as impregnable as possible from 
outside attack, the architect has paid particular attention to the de- 
fensive and offensive character of this building, and with this view 
the drill hall is flanked at both corners on Ninth Avenue with cir- 
cular towers, in which are loopholes for riflemen on the ground 
and gallery floors ; while above, on the line of parapet wall, and 
inside of the towers, are arranged portholes through which howit- 
zers or Gatling guns can sweep every avenue and approach to the 
building. A similar arrangement is made for the great tower, bas- 
tions and parapet which surmount the front of the Administration 
building. The entrance to drill hall from Ninth Avenue, and the 



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Colonel James H. Jones. 



Colonel Jones graduated at the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, 
and was promoted 2nd Lieutenant Fourth U. S. Cavalry June 15th, 1S6S ; 
1st Lieutenant April 21st, 1S72; resigned, September 2gth, 1S74. Com- 
missioned Major Twelfth Regiment April 2rst, 1878; Lieutenant Colonel 
July 17th, 1883; Colonel December 12th, 1883, and was in command until 
latter part of 1888. Colonel Jones was a very popular officer, and it was very 
largely through his exertion that the Regiment was enabled to secure its 
present armory. He led his command into it April 21st, 1887, and is to- 
day an active member and friend of the Old Guard Association, thus proving 
his continued interest in the active Regiment. 



THE PRE SEN T A KM OR V. 197 

one in centre of administration building, are protected from above 
by overhanging bays, in the floors of which are apertures through 
which grenades or bombs can be dropped upon a mob assailing the 
doors. All the doors and windows of drill room throughout are 
protected by massive iron grilles on the outside, with the bullet- 
proof steel shutters on the inside. The drill hall is fitted up with a 
gallery which girts the north, east and west walls, the seats being 
stepped up so as to give a full view of the entire drill floor, and as 
the gallery is reached by two circular stairs from drill hall, and also 
from the main second-story hall of administration building, an easv 
access to the same can be had from any part of the armory. 

The administration building, containing the officers' and com- 
panies' quarters, is situated at the extreme west end of the frontage 
on Sixty-second Street, and is built with the same massive character 
as the drill hall. I'he grand entrance in the centre, with its deep, 
vaulted recess, stunted Norman columns, massive granite arches, 
and a huge winged cerberus on each side carved upon the great 
arch stones, presents a striking appearance, and impresses the ob- 
server at once with the nature of the building. The entire first 
story of the administration building, together with the high base sur- 
rounding the drill room, is built of rock-face granite from the best 
quarries in Maine ; the upper portion of entire building being built 
of selected North River l)rick, with heavy granite copings, corbell- 
ings, lintels and trimmings. The first story of administration build- 
ing contains two sciuad drill rooms, the colonel's room, adjutant's 
room, surgeon's room, with toilet room and bath, etc., attached, the 
rooms for Board of Officers, company officers, non-commissioned 
staff, court-martial room, and field and staff room. The main hall is 
entered through the vestibule, which is finished with fancy brick tile 
floor, heavy paneled oak ceiling and walls wainscoted with brick, 
the division between hall and vestibule being spanned with a mas- 
sive, stone arch and Norman columns. Opposite the vestibule and 
to the south of the main hall, stands the great oaken staircase which 
gives access to the different stories above. 

The entire second story is occupied by the ten company rooms 
and the library, which is situated in the central portion of front. 
Each company room is fitted up with lockers, built of ash, and fin- 
ished in antique oak : all the hinge and lock furniture, which is de- 
signed in special patterns, is of antique bronze. 

The Board of Officers' room, on the first floor, contains an in- 




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ARMORY OF THE TWELFTH REGIMENT. N. G. S. N. Y. 



THE PRESENT ARMORY. 199 

teresting feature in the form of a mantel and color closet combined ; 
the closets of antique oak, carved, moulded, and finished in the 
best style, with plate-glass doors, one placed on each side of the 
heavy mantel. 

The third story is arranged for the quartermaster's room, band 
and drum-corps room, and a large gymnasium, in which will be 
placed all the apparatus for athletic exercise. The tower contains 
two large rooms which can be used for storage or otherwise, as oc- 
casion demands. 

The basement is devoted to the kitchen, storerooms, lavatories, 
magazine, engineer's and boiler rooms, coal vaults, etc., together 
with the shooting room or firing point, which leads into a vaulted 
rifle-range. This range is 200 feet in length, fitted up with eight 
targets, with bullet-proof casemate for marker, and all the necessary 
arrangements for safety and light. 

The entire building is lighted by gas, the heavy gas fixtures 
being designed especially to suit the military character of the build- 
ing, and where necessary, as in the drill hall, the great reflectors are 
lighted by the electric spark. Steam from the two large boilers in 
the basement provides the necessary heat to warm the entire build- 
ing. The furniture in the several rooms of the officers and com- 
panies, was built after special designs, and made of antique oak, 
corresponding in general character to the style of the building. 

The stvle of architecture is the Norman French. 




Brig.=General Thomas H. Barber. 



General^Barber began his military career as a cadet at the U. S. Militar)' 
Academy in 1863. He was promoted 2d Lieutenant First U. S. Artillery in 
1867, and 1st Lieutenant July loth, 1872. He resigned July ist, 1S85. 
November 30th, 1886, he was'appointed A. A. G. First Brigade N. G.,S. N. Y., 
with rank of Lieutenant Colonel, serving until October 5th, 1887. In the 
latter part of 1888 he was unanimously elected Colonel of the Twelfth Regi- 
ment, and, commissioned December 31st, 18S8. He was appointed Inspector 
General of New York State, September, 1889. 

In 1870 he was appointed assistant Professor in the French Language at 
theWest Point Academy, and July loih, 1872, principal assistant Professor. 

In 1876 Lieutenant Barber was detailed as an instructor in signalling at 
Fort,Whipple, Va. This experience afterwards enabled General Barber to 
lay out an admirable course of instniriion in that branch for the National 
Guard. 



BRIG.-GENKRAL THOMAS H. BARBER. 201 

In 1878 he joined his company at Fort Adams, R. I., and while there 
made surveys of some Government military reservations in Newport Harbor. 

In the latter part of 18S1 he was appointed on the Staff of General Han- 
cock. During the summer of 1883 he accompanied a West Point professor, 
escorted by a cavalry detachment, on a geological examination of the Big 
Horn and Shoshone Mountains, and the Yellowstone Park. While connected 
with the army Lieutenant Barber traveled extensively in the United States 
and Europe. 

During an army experience of eighteen years. Lieutenant Barber proved 
himself very proficient in his several duties. In 1885 General Winfield S. 
Hancock endorsed his resignation with the following statement: " Lieuten- 
ant Barber has proved to be an intelligent and accomplished staff officer of 
an exceptional class, and one difficult to be replaced. He was recommended 
to me by his superior officers for the excellent reputation he bore as a line 
officer, arid was in conseciuence appointed to the position of A. D. C. on my 
staff." 

Colonel Barber proved a worthy successor to (Colonel Jones, and at once 
won the confidence and esteem of the command, and was very popular with 
the rank and file, in whose behalf the Colonel manifested a marked interest. 
He was a firm believer that an armory should not only be a place for 
perfecting drill and discipline, but should also be made as attractive and 
inviting as possible. 

To this end one of his first efforts was to establish a library and reading 
room, cosily furnished, where members of the Regiment could sit in comfort 
any evening. This proved a great success ; and among other innovations 
which he hoped to see realized were bowling alleys, a billiard room, and a 
swimming tank. 

When the Regiment went to camp in 1889 Colonel Barber did not 
approve the mode practiced by other organizations, which allowed companies 
to straggle into the "mess-hall" individually, and at once established the 
method practiced at West Point, of marching to meals by regiment. There 
were some skeptics at first who believed that the Colonel's innovation would 
delay and be impracticable, but the trial proved to be a decided improvement 
over the old method, it made practice for the men to be quick in assembly, 
and saved much time. The onier was subsequently adopted by the other 
regiments. On the last day in camp the men of the Regiment, in token 
of appreciation of their Colonel, assembled in turn by company in tront 
of his headquarters, in charge of the First Sergeant, and gave a salute 
with Three cheers! and a Ti,i;ir. 

Notwithstanding Colonel Barber's very short term, the Twelfth in drill 
and discipline reached a very high standard of efficiency, and when in 
September, ]S8g, he was promoted Inspector General of the State, there was 
a genuine feeling of regret throughout the Regiment at his departure. 
General Barber proved to be one of the best Inspector Gen'erals who had 
served the State. In recognition of the important services rendered, he was 
reappointed by Governor Flower when he assumed his office, in January, 
1892, but declined. 




Colonel Henry Alger Gildersleeve. 



Henry Alger Gildersleeve was born in Dutchess County, New York, on 
August 1st, 1840. IJis early life was spent on his father's farm and in 
attendance at the district school. When fifteen years of age he attended 
boarding school, and from that time up to the breaking out of the Civil War 
was either at school or engaged in teaching, that he might acquire funds 
with which to pursue his studies. He recruited for the One Hundred and 
Fiftieth Regiment, N. Y. S. V. Infantry, and was mustered in, as Captain of 
Company C, on October nth, 1862. He served with his regiment in the 
Middle Department, under General Wool, and subsequently in the Army of 
the Potomac, in which, with his regiment, he pai ticipated in the battle of 
Gettysburg and in the subsequent campaigns in Maryland and Virginia. 
After several -months of special duty. Captain Gildersleeve, in June, 1864, 
rejoined his regiment at Kenesaw Mountain, where it was attached to the 
First Division of the Twentieth Army Corps of the Army of the Cumberland, 
at that time commanded by Major-General Hooker, and forming a part of 
the command of General Sherman, then engaged in fighting its way to 
Atlanta. He served in Sherman's army until the close of the war, partici- 
pating in numerous battles and skirmishes, and making the famous march 



COLONEL HENRY ALGER GL LDERSLEEVE. 203 

with Sherman to the sea. He was made Provosl Marshal of the First 
Division of the Twentieth Army Corps, on the staff of General Williams, of 
Michitjan. His duties as Provost Marshal were delicate, responsible and 
arduous. They were dischar>i;ed, however, in a manner which met the 
approval of his superiors. He was [promoted to the rank of Major of his 
regiment and brevctted Lieutenant Colonel U. S. V., by President Lincoln, 
" for gallant and meritorious service in the campaigns of Georgia and the 
Carolinas." When mustered out of service, in June, 1865, he chose the law 
as his profession, and in the autumn of that year entered the Columbia 
College Law School. Professor Theodore W. Dwight, then at the head of 
the Law School, in a letter written to the Army of the Cumberland, referring 
to Colonel (jildersleeve, who had become famous as a rifleman, through the 
successful achievements in (ireat Britain and Ireland in 1S75, of the American 
Rifle Team of which he was Captain, used the following language: "In 
Colonel Gildersleeve I feel an especial interest, as I had the honor of giving 
him by personal attention his introduction to the science of law, and could 
have predicted the precision of his rifle from the accuracy and steadiness 
of his aim while going through his legal drill." 

Colonel Gildersleeve was admitted to the Bar in 1866, and from that 
time until his elevation to the Bench, in 1S75, he was a hard working 
and successful lawyer in the Cily of New York. The duties of his profes- 
sion did not wean him entirely from his fondness for military life. In 1S70 
he was unanimously chosen Lieutenant Colonel of the Twelfth Regiment, 
N. G., S. N. Y., and took a keen interest in his military duties and in 
promoting the success of the Regiment. He subsequently became Assistant 
.Adjutant General and Chief of Staff in the First Division of the National 
Guard of the State of New York, with the rank of Colonel, which position 
he hekl for more than twelve years. He was honored with the appointment, 
by Governor Dix, of General Inspector of Ritle Practice, and was once 
elected Colonel of the Ninth Regiment, both of which high positions he 
declined, in order that he might remain at the head of the Staff of the First 
Division. In civil life he attracted considerable favorable comment as a 
lecturer, and as an agreeable, forcible and interesting speaker. In 1875 he 
was elected Judge of the Court of General Sessions of the City of New York, 
and for fourteen years sat upon the Bench of that Court, disposing of an 
immense number of criminal cases of every kind and description. He 
always tempered justice with mercy, and his record as a criminal judge is 
excellent. He is now in his fourth year of service on the Civil Bench, as 
Judge of the Superior Court of the City of New York, and has upwards of 
eleven years of service still before him. Under the new amendments to the 
constitution he will become Judge of the Supreme Court, January ist, 1896. 

Judge Gildersleeve is now (November, 1894,) in the prime of life, blessed 
with perfect health and an iron constitution. With a past so varied and 
eventful, he has still many years of usefulness before him. He is a tall, 
strong and heavily built man, of dignified and rather reserved bearing, but 
with manners of unvarying courtesy and kindness. He still finds some time 
in which to indulge his fondness for outdoor sports, and is frequently seen 
at athletic games. A tramp over the hills or through the swamps, wherever 
game can be found, with dog and gun, is his favorite pastime. While he 
has no longer the skill with the rifle that he possessed in earlier years, he is 
still a master with the shotgun. The frequent allusions to the fame which 
he acquired as a rifleman, to which he is called upon to listen, always afford 
him much pleasure. It was truly said by a prominent editorial writer that 
though Judge Gildersleeve might live to write some of the best judicial 
opinions reported, they would drop into insignificance when compared with 
his fame as a rifieman' A prominent man, who had been a political opponent 
of judge Gildersleeve, once said of him that his principal characteristics 
were his evenness of temper, his kindness of heart and his fidelity to his 
friends. 




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Presented to Major-General Daniel BrrxEKFiKi^D by 

(iKORc.K A. RoniiiNs, Clinton A. Mekriam, C. H. Lilienthal, 

John T. Acnew, Henkv Wells, 

I". (1. CiiruciiiLL, L. W. Jerome, 



H. T. Arnold, 



(i. H. Satterlee, 



(j. L. Kent, 
J. C. Palmer, 
C. A. Akthir. 



Siege of Yorktown, Hanover, Mechanicsville (Gaines Mills), Turkey Bene 

Malvern Hill, Groveton, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, 

Gettysburg, Wauhatchie, Lookout Mountain, 

Missionary Ridge, Pea Vine, Ringgold. 



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The American people, by reason of the courage and skill dis- 
pla3'ed by them in the use of the rifle as early pioneers in the set- 
tlement of the country, and in the great struggle for American 
independence, in which they used the indifferent weapons, with 
which they were then armed, with great skill and effect, acquired a 
world-wide reputation for good marksmanship. Our change in 
habits and surroundings found a race of people here, at the time of 
the Franco-Prussian war, in 1870, far inferior in marksmanship to 
the people of England, France, Germany and Switzerland. The 
small arms in use during the civil war, with few exceptions, by rea- 
son of their lack of accuracy and inability to cover any considerable 
distance, afforded little opportunity for the exercise of skill, and 
therefore developed few, if any, good marksmen. 

The Twelfth Regiment was among the foremost of the National 
Guard organizations in the United States to recognize the impor- 
tance of a system of rifle practice. It took a very active and in- 
fluential part in the steps necessary to the introduction of a school 
of marksmanship in the curriculum of a soldier's education. 

The certificate of incorporation of the " National Rifle Associ- 
ation of America" was filed in November, 187 1, and Colonel Gilder- 
sleeve, at that time Lieutenant Colonel of the Twelfth Regiment, 
was one of the incorporators. He soon became active in the 
management of the Association, and rendered valuable services in 
promoting its interests. The Twelfth Regiment first participated 
in the annual matches of the Association in 1873. From that time 
down to the present, the annual reports of the matches held at 
Creedmoor contain among the winners, each year, many names of 
members of the Twelfth Regiment. In the First Division match, 
Army and A^ai'v Journal match, the competition for the State 
prize, and the Gatling match of 1873, the team from the 
Twelfth Regiment was found among the winners, and many of the 
prizes for individual scores, that year, went to the members of the 
Twelfth Regiment. In the First Division match, shot at Creed- 
moor on September 30th, 1874, eleven regimental teams competed, 



2o6 THE RIFLE. 

and the team from the Twelfth Regiment made the highest score, 
defeating all competitors. The prize for the best individual score, 
made byamember of any team competingin the match, was won by 
Colonel Gildersleeve, and the prize for the second-best individual 
score was won by Private W. S. Smith, both of the Twelfth Regi- 
ment. In the New York State match of the same year, the team 
from the Twelfth Regiment won the second prize, and Colonel Gil- 
dersleeve won the prize for the second-best individual score. In the 
Armv and Navy Journal match of the same year, the team from the 
Twelfth Regiment won the second prize. In the Gatling match of 
the same year the Twelfth Regiment team again defeated all com- 
petitors. The prize for the highest aggregate score in six competi- 
tions of this year was won by Colonel Gildersleeve of the Twelfth 
Regiment. The most notable event in rifle shooting in 1874 was 
the International match between the Irish and American riflemen. 
This was the first International contest, and the six men chosen to 
represent America had pitted against them the champions of Great 
Britain and Ireland. The Americans won that match by three 
points. Although better scores were subsequently made and higher 
team averages, nevertheless that first International victory may easily 
be said to have been the greatest achievement in American marks- 
manship. The Irish riflemen had had years of practice over the 
long distances at which the match was to be shot, and were sea- 
soned veterans in the use of long-range rifles. The conditions of 
the match required the Americans to shoot with rifles made in the 
United States ; and at the time the challenge was accepted, no 
rifles were in use in this country capable of shooting the long dis- 
tances stipulated for in the conditions of the match. It is not 
probable that a single individual rifle had ever been manufactured in 
the United States that the most skillful marksman in the world could 
use with any degree of success in competition with the Metford and 
Rigby rifles, with which the Irish team were equipped. yVmerican 
manufacturers, however, were ecpial to the emergency, and in the 
winter of 1873-74, turned out long-range rifles with which the 
Americans, in the early spring of 1874, commenced practice for the 
first International match. They were without experience and with- 
out the means of acquiring information to guide them in the difficult 
task they had undertaken. All had to be acquired from actual 
practice and observation. These facts, it is l)elieved, warrant the 
assertion above made, declaring the success of the American 



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207 



riflemen, on September 26th, 187^, the most notable in the history 
of rifle practice. The Twelfth Regiment was a most substantial 
contributor to this success, and it was entitled to a large share of 
the honors flowing therefrom. Two of the six Americans, namely, 
Henrv Fulton and Lieutenant-Colonel Henry A. Gildersleeve, were 
men-ibers of the Twelfth Regiment. The best score in this match 
was made by Henry Fulton, and it was a world record-breaker, be- 
ing the largest at that time ever recorded in a public match. Our 
space will not permit us to record even briefly the numerous suc- 
cesses of the Twelfth Regiment teams since 1874, and the impor- 
tant individual prizes won by members of this Regiment. It will be 
remembered that in 1875 Colonel Gildersleeve was chosen Captain 
of the American Rifle Team that went to Ireland in that year, and 
again met the famous Irish riflemen in an International contest at 
DoUv Mount, near Dublin. The Americans carried oft' the victory 
in brilliant style, to the great delight of their friends and country- 
men. 




A IS \ BELT OF WOODS AND B ANOTHER BELT OF WOODS, AND BETWEEN THEM 
A rLF\RING. C IS A TREE AT WHICH TWO OF T.^E GUARDS (OFF DUTY) STOOD 
SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT ON JUNE ISt, 1861. D IS THK PICKET HUT BUILT TO 
SHIELD THE MEN FROM THE SUN. 

Extract front the Diary of a Prh-ate. 

"We saw three men emerge from the woods (at A), cross the clear space' to 
another woods (B) and advance upon us: they then stopped, then retreated ami 
again advanced, accompanied by about six m'^re who crossed and advanced in he 
>;ame direction. 1 brou,'ht my musket to a shoulder and ordered them to halt, whicn 
they did. We then advanced upon them, Campbell taking one side of the strip oi 
woods and I the other, but in the middle of the field the gram was so tall, being over 
our heads, that we lost sight of all objects before us. Had it not been for the height 
of the grain we should have fired.'' 

Afterwards we learned that it was General Buiterfield, Drum Major Smith, 
and others, making the grand rounds to see if the pickets were awake and alert. 




Tin If III Urijiffi.'iil Full Dirss, isui. 



Ordnance=Sergeant John Corrie. 

Winner of the Governor's Trophy in 1893. 



THE FIRST WINNER. 209 

^bc Governor's ITropbs, IS93. 

Sergeant John Corrie was a musician in Company B of the Twelfth 
Regiment, September 29th, 1S93, when he won the Governor's Trophy. He 
has since been promoted to Ordnance-Sergeant on the Non-Commissioned 
Staff. He has served ten years in the Regular Army, and in 18S9 was the 
champion rifle shot of the United States Army. 

The Governor's Trophy is a new match instituted for the first time in 
1893. The Trophy is a solid silver loving-cup, seven and one-half inches 
in height, and nine inches in extreme width, made by the Gorham Manu- 
facturing Company. It will be competed for annually. 

Private John Corrie made a score of 87, out of a possible 100, on four 
ranges. The shooting was done after the extended or open order of skirmish- 
ing. The first shooting was at the 600-yard range, after which the firing 
point was advanced to the 500-yard range, then to 300, and last to 200 yards. 
All the firing was completed within ijo minutes at each halt. The match 
was shot within 6 minutes. 

September 29th, 1893, Private Corrie qualified as an expert at the Creed- 
moor range, being the only one who had done so up to that time. Major E. 
De Forest, of the Twenty-third Regiment, qualified on the same day, and 
these were the only two riflemen who had succeeded in acquiring this title at 
the range. 

The following conditions of the Governor's Trophy are copied from the 
card which Corrie received at the time of the match : 

GOVERNOR'S MATCH. 
You will shoot on target Eagle in the first run. 

CONDITIONS. 

At the signal "assembly" competitors will take their positions at 600 
yards, and begin firing after the last note of the signal " commence firing." 

One minute and 30 seconds thereafter, the signal "cease firing" will be 
given. 

Immediately after the above, the signal " forward, march, guide left" 
will be sounded, when all competitors in the run will move forward in " quick 
time," until the signal " halt" is given. 

Except at 600 yards, pieces will not be loaded until aftci- the signal 
" halt " is given. 

\^iolation of this rule will disqualify the competitor. 

After the signal "cease firing" is given at 200 yards, "to the rear, 
march," will be sounded, and competitors will return to original starting 
point and disperse. 

Five shots will be allowed at each of the four distances, 600, 500, 300 
and 200 yards. The competitor may assume any position with head toward 
the target. 

For every shot fired before last note of "commence firing," or after the 
last note of "cease firing," a penalty of 5 points will be deducted from the 
aggregate score. 



2IO TWELFTH REGIMENT, N. G., S. N. V. 

A deduction of 5 points from the aggregate score will be made for every 
shot over 20 on any target. 

Webbing belts not allowed. B. M. WHITLOCK, 

General Inspector Rijlc Practice. 

The following is the individual score of all who participated injhis, the 
first match for the cup: 

Name. Company. Reghiieiit. Score. 

Private John Corrie B Twelfth 87 

Major E. De Forest Staff Twenty-third 86 

Lieutenant W. H. Carter I Twenty-Second 83 

Sergeant H . W. Janssen A Seventh 81 

Captain H. C. Broun Staff Twenty-third 78 

Private W. B. Willard G Twenty-third 74 

Lieutenant W. J. Underwood H Seventh 70 

Corporal G. L. Hoffman H Seventh 70 

Ordnance-Sergeant T. J. Dolan N. C. S. Twelfth 69 

Corporal George Doyle H Seventy-first 68 

1st Lieutenant F. A. Wells B Twenty-third 67 

Private A. B. Van Heusen B Twelfth 66 

Corporal A. Stevens F Seventh 63 

Corporal J. W. Carter, Jr H Seventy-first 62 

Captain N. B. Thurston E Twenty-second 59 

Ordnance-Sergeant F. S. Stuart N. C. S. Sixty-ninth 57 

Ordnance-Sergeant J. McNevin N. C. S. Thirteenth 57 

Ordnance-Sergeants. M. Phillips N. C. S. Twenty-second 55 

Major David Crocker Staff ist Brigade 55 

Ordnance-Sergeant C. E. Bryant N. C. S. Twenty-third 53 

Private J. F. Tracey H Eighth 51 

Captain J. S. Shepherd D Twenty-third 48 

Major E. T. T. Marsh Staff Seventy-first 40 

Private F. C. McLewee C Seventh 35 

On Tuesday evening, March 6th, 1894, at the Regimental Armory, Gen- 
eral Daniel Butterfield was tendered a review by the Regiment, and requested 
to present the Governor's Trophy, also Service Medals. General Butterfield 
upon this occasion presented the cup to the winner, Private John Corrie, in 
the presence of the Regiment and a very large assembly of friends of the 
Regiment, including members of the Old Guard, who had come to witness 
the ceremonies and see the "War Colonel" once more in the field uniform of 
a Major-General, and performing a ceremony with which he is so familiar, 
and always executes with remarkable dignity and grace. 

At the conclusion of the review, General Butterfield offered a Diamond 
Badge for the member of the Regiment bringing in the most recruits, also 
fifty dollars in cash, to the company recruiting most men during one year, 
from March 6th, i8()4, to April 21st, 1895. 



RECRUITING PRIZES. 



THE DIAMOND RECRUITING BAD(;E. 

It is offered to the member either of the Regiment 
or Old Guard Association bringing in the largest 
number of recruits. The following is copied from 
a circular which was issued by Colonel Heman 
Dowd April gth, 1S94 : 

" All- enlistments made since March Gth, 1S94, 
the date on which the Pin was offered, up to April 
2ist, 1895, will be counted to the credit of the mem- 
ber bringing them in. No re-enlistments of former 
members of the Regiment will be included, and all 
members enlisted under the competition, must be 
members of the Regiment in good standing on 
April 2ist, 1895, the date on which the competition 
ends. 

" This competition to be opened to Veterans as 
well as active members of the Regiment." 

MONEY PRIZE. 

"The money prize of Fifty Dollars, offered by 
TiiK DIAMOND HADCE. j^c Old Guard Association of the Regiment, will be 
awarded to that company which shall enlist the greatest number of re- 
cruits between March 6th, 1S94, and April 21st, 1895. No re-enlistments of 
former members of the Regiment will be counted, and all recruits enlisted 
must be members of the Regiment in good standing on April 21st, 1S95, 
the date of the close of the competition." 

QUALIFICATIONS OF A RECRUIT. 

Applicant to be of good moral character and a citizen of the United 
States, able to read and write, and between the ages of eighteen and forty- 
five years. He must not be less than five feet and four inches in height, with 
a chest measurement of not less than thirty-two inches, and weight not less 
than one hundred and twenty-five pounds. 

He cannot enlist for less than five years. After necessary instruction 
in the Squad, he will receive a requisition for the uniform, which is made to 
order and paid for by the State. 





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1l4c\v l?ock State Cbanipiona 



On September 13th, 1S94, the Team of the Twelfth Regiment won the 
State Championship at Creedmoor and made the record for this match : 997 
points out of a possible 1,200. 

The men from the Twelfth on that day defeated nine of the strongest 
Teams in this State, including the Seventh Regiment of New York City, and 
the Twenty-third Regiment of Brooklyn. 

The names of the men who composed the Team, their individual scores 
at the several distances, with totals, are as follows : 

20(1 yar-ils. T()t;il. .•;oii \ anls. Total. 

Ordnance-Sergeant J. Corrie 4 5 545— 23 5544 5 — 23 

Lieutenant S. S. Stebbins 5 5 5 5 4 — 24 4445 5 — 22 

Lieutenant H. S. Clark 5 4 5 4 5 — 23 4454 4 — 21 

Major W. E. Lambert 4 455 3 — 21 3344 5 — 19 

Sergeant-Major \V. E. Downs 4 5 5 5 5 — 24 5434 4 — 20 

Sergeant W. S. Lamb 4 4 4 5 3—20 5 4 5 5 5— 24 

Sergeant T. J. Dolan 4 4 5 5 5—23 5 3 5 4 4 — -i 

Private A. B. Van Heuseii 4 4 4 4 4 — 20 3 4 5 4 4 — 20 

Sergeant J. Donovan 3 4 5 4 4 — 20 4 5 5 5 4 — 23 

Corporal J. P. Mahoney 4 5 4 3 5— 21 5434 4—20 

Sergeant J. McDermott 3 4 3 3 4— 17 4 4 4 4 4 — 20 

Corporal J. Barringer 3 4 5 3 4 — 19 3 4 3 4 5 — 19 

255 252 

.■>(),) yards. Tolal. fiOO yards. Total, sate. 

Ordnance-Sergeant J. Corrie — i 454 5 — 22 5 5 5 5 5 — 25 93 

Lieutenant S. S. Stebbins 4 455 3—21 4544 4—21 88 

Lieutenant H. S. Clark 5 4 5 4 4—22 4 5 4 4 4—21 87 

Major W. E. Lambert 4 5 o 3 5— 17 4 4 5 4 3— 20 77 

Sergeant-MajorW. E. Downs..5 3 3 4 5— 20 4 5 4 4 4— 21 85 

Sergeant W. S. Lamb 4 453 4— 20 5 5 5 3 4 - 22 86 

Sergeant T. J. Dolan 4 5 4 4 5— 22 5 4 3 3 4—19 §5 

Private A. B. Van Heusen....5 5 3 5 4— 22 2 4 o 3 5— 14 76 

Sergeant J. Donovan 4 5 4 5 5 — 23 5 4 3 4 5 — 21 87 

Corporal J. P. Mahoney 4 454 4— 21 4 4 5 5 5— 23 85 

Sergeant J. McDermott 4 5 4 3 5— 21 4 5 3 4 3— i9 77 

Corporal J. Barringer 5 3 5 5 5 — 23 2 o o 5 3— 10 71 

254 236 997 

SUMMARY OF STATE AND BRIGADE RIFLE MATCHES. 

The following shows the winner with aggregate score in the State and 
Brigade rifle matches at Creedmoor since they began at the opening of the 
range in 1873 to date. From 1873 until 18S5 the present First and Second 



214 



TWELFTH REGIMENT, N. G., S. N. V. 



Brigade contests were known as the P'irst and Second Division matches. 
The three contests were shot at 200 and 300 yards until 1892, when the 300 
and 600-yard rariges were added. From 1873 until 1875 bull's-eyes counted 
4, centres 3, and outers 2, the division of the target being square. From 
1876 the targets were changed so that the divisions were circular and the 
shots counted as follows: Bull's-eyes 5, centres 4, inners 3, outers 2. From 
1S73 until 1875 the highest possible score in the State and Division matches 
was 4S0 points, and from 1S76 to 1S85 it was 600 points. From 1892 the 
highest possible score is 1,200 points. 

2d Division Match. 
Winner. Score. 

23rd Regiment. .181 



Year. 

1S73... 
1874... 
1S75... 
1876... 
1877... 
1878... 



Slate Miiteli. 

Score. 

2S0 



Whnier. 
.22d Regiment 

.22d 

. 7th 

.49th 

.14th 

. 7th " 

1879 20th .Sep. Co. 

1880 35th Battalion 

1S81 20th Sep. Co. 

1882 20th 

18S3 23rd Regimen 



1S84. 
1885. 
1886. 
1887. 
1888. 
1889. 
1890. 
1891. 
1892. 
1S93. 
1S94. 



• 23rd 
.23rd 
. 7th 
.23rd 
.23rd 
. 7th 
■ 23rd 

• 23rd 
. 7th 
, 7th 
. i2th 



1st Division Jlatch. 
Score. 



295 
451 
390 
420 
43S 
450 
476 
486 
516 
497 
501 
437 
495 
524 
521 
501 
4S7 
520 
9S4 
992 
997 



Winner. 
22d Regiment 
I2th 

7th 
71st " 

71st 

7th 

7th 

7th 

7th 

7lh 

7th 

7th 
I2th 
I2th 

7th 
I2th 

7th 

7th 

7th 

7th 

7th 

7th 



.263 

.2S3 
•447 
•423 
.42S 

•441 
•447 
•479 
•494 

.48 7 

•473 
.496 
.448 
.48 2 
• 504 
•48 5 
.464 
.507 
.501 

•957 
.982 

•999 



23rd 
23rd 
23rd 
23rd 
23 rd 
23rd 
23rd 
141 h 
14th 
23rd 
23rd 
23rd 
23rd 
23rd 
23rd 
23rd 
23rd 
23 rd 
23rd 
23rd 
23rd 



..207 

• ^414 
.■378 
..405 
••432 

• 404 
..472 

••413 
. .461 

••477 
••495 

..47S 

••497 
..513 

• •Sog 
..471 
..486 
..501 

• •952 

• •915 
..958 



The shooting by the men, throughout the Regiment, has been very 
satisfactory. The increase of marksmen and sharpshooters over last year is 
most marked as will be seen by this comparison: 

189;;. 1894. 

Experts 3 7 

Sharp-shooters 29 63 

Marksmen 358 556 

The highest score at Creedmoor this year was made by a member of the 
Twelfth Regiment, Lieutenant S. Schieffelin Stebbins, the acting Inspector 
of Rifle Practice, who succeeded in attaining the full score at 500 and 600 
yards: 50 out of a possible 50. This has not been accomplished before in 
over two years by any member of the National Guard of this State. 



^l^e^alc^ Spurci an^ Swor^ 



Ma/Xie?,!BtadButtafitU. ILSA 



The Committee have requested permission to insert the presentation 
medals, sword and spurs given General Butterfield as part of the history of 
the Regiment, having been gained by one of its former Colonels. 

The Medal of Honor from Congress (see page 204) is for Gaines Mill, 
where the War Battalion of the Twelfth fought, and where Lieut. Fisher, of 
the Twelfth, was killed in battle while on duty with General Butterfield, and 
Captain Cromie of the Twelfth received the wound that caused his death. 

The Fifth Corps Badge, set in diamonds and 
presented by the Staff Officers serving with General 
Butterfield, carries on bars the battles with the Army 
of the Potomac. The presentation address was by 
Colonal Thomas J. Hoyt, formerly of the Twelfth. 

The Twentieth Corps 
badge, with the blue star 
of that Division set in dia- 
monds, carries on the bars 
the battles in the Chattanoo- 
ga and Atlanta Campaigns, 
and on the obverse the 
inscription of presentation 
from the officers of the Third 
Division, Twentieth Corps. 
The presentation address 
was by Colonel Samuel Ross 
of the Twentieth Connecti- 
cut \^olunteers. 

The Army of the Potomac 
liadge is enamelea and set 
with diamonds, and bears 
ihis inscription on the ob- 
verse "Army of the Potomac 
Reunion, Scranton, Penii., 
Major-General Daniel But- 
terfield, from his comrades 
of the Army of the Poto- 
mac, in recognition of his services. Major-Generals 
E. D. Keyes, W. B. Franklin, H. W. Slocum, D. E. 
Sickles, O. O. Howard, F. J. Porter, Brigadier- 
Generals Paul A. Oliver, H. E. Tremain, Colonel 
E. M. L. Ehlers, Committee." This Committee 
represented a number of their associates, the presentation address was by 
Major-General O. O. Howard at Scranton. 




Mini coRi's. 




TWENTIETH CORI'S. 



2l6 



T IVELFTH REGIMEN T. 



A pair of gold spurs were presented by a number of the officers of the Third 
Brigade after the Battle of Hanover Court House, where the first guns cap- 
tured in the field by the Army of the Potomac were taken by General Butter- 
field's Brigade in a charge upon the enemy 
of which the war Battalion of the Twelfth 
Regiment was part. They bear the in- 
scription, "Officers of the Third (Light) 
Brigade to General Daniel Butterfield, in 
recognition of his brilliant action at the 
Battle of Hanover Court House, May 27th, 
1S62." The presentation address was made 
by General Strong Vincent, subsequently 
killed at Gettysburg. 

The Third Brigade, which was drilled and 
disciplined by General Butterfield, never 
once failed to hold a position assigned to it. 
One of the most brilliant achievements 
made by the Brigade was upon Little Round 
Top, Gettysburg. 

This position was the key to the great 
battle ; how well the Third Brigade held 
that key is attested by the fact that in thirty 
minutes 491 of its men lay dead on the 
ground with their comrades fighting over 
their bodies. 

This Brigade fired the first gun at York- 
town and the very last at Appomattox. 
ARMY OF THE I'OiOMAc. Through its battle lines came the flag of 

truce signifying the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, and to this 
Brigade was accorded the honor of receiving the guns and colors of the sol- 
diers who followed General Lee to Appomattox. 

The sword presented to Major-General Daniel Butterfield (see page 204) 
is of superb workmanship. The hilt, set with jewels, has the figure of the 
Goddess of Fame crowning an armed knight with the laurel wreaths of vic- 
tory. The blade has in relief in fire gilt a battle charge, which is supposed 
to represent the charge in which the Twelfth I^egiment participated at 
Hanover Court House, with the words, " V^irtute non verbis." The blade 
and scabbard carry the names of some of the battles in which (ieneral 
Butterfield was engaged, and the presentation inscription from his fellow- 
citizens with a partial list of names. The guard has in relief an eagle, 
surmounting the Coat of Arms of New York State, and the United States. 
It was manufactured bv Ball, Black & Co. 




1894. 



©fficcre 



©lb (5uarb Hssociation 



ZwKinb 1RC(3imcnt, m. 6., S. 1H, E 

J£lcctc^ Hpril 2l6t, IS04. 

TERM THREE YEARS. 



President, MAJOR-GENERAL DANIEL BUTTERFIELD, U. S. A. 

Viir-Presidc'iif, COLONEL HENRY WINES RYDER. 

2,i rice-President, COLONEL JOHN WARD. 

Preusurer, BREVET-COLONEL CHARLES E. SPRAGUE. 

Seeretarv, CAPTAIN WILLIAM HENRY SCHWALBE. 

Asst. Secretary, CAPTAIN WILLIAM Y. BYRNE. 

Surgeon, D. B. ST. JOHN ROOSA, M. D. 

Asst. Surgeon, H. HOLBROOK CURTIS, M. D. 

Chaplain, BREVET-MAJOR CHARLES C. SAVAGE. 



lErtractCi from tbc Conetitution. 



The Old Guard of the Twelfth Regiment having formed 
an Association for the purpose of perpetuating such kindly fellow- 
ship and feeling as should result from the struggles, dangers and 
glories of former and present companions in arms, and renewing the 
memories of the past, verifying the records of history, and for such 
benevolent uses as the shifting fortunes of life often demand, do 
adopt the following Constitution for the government and guidance 
of the Association: 

ARTICLE I. 

Whf.reas: The Twelfth Regiment, National Guard, State of 
New York, has during its existence three times entered the service 
of the country in times of war, and from its ranks has furnished 
both officers and soldiers in great numbers who have served with 
credit and honor to themselves and to their regiment in battle, 
and many of its members have given up their lives in the service of 
the country, upon the battlefields of Mexico in 1847-49 and of the 
War of the Rebellion in 1861-62-63-64, with a view of perpetuating 
and recording in an imperishable manner worthy of the Regiment, 
and of those who have rendered service in its ranks and elsewhere 
to the country, the Government, and to the people, by a monument 
or tablets, and such other devices as are proper and suitable, this 
Association is formed with the further objects, to create a bond of 
union and fellowship between its members and to assist in the for- 
mation of a history or record of the Regiment and its members, in 
service with it or elsewhere, and by a commemorative Anniversary 
Celebration, to foster an emulous pride in the Citizen Soldier, and 
aid in every way the prosperity and success of the active regiment. 

ARTICLE II. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

Sec. I. Any member of the Twelfth Regiment, who has or is 
entitled to an honorable discharge from the State or the L^nited States 
Service, or has been transferred or discharged from its ranks for 
active service elsewhere, shall be eligible to membership under such 
restrictions and obligations as are provided for in the Constitution 
and By-Laws of this Association. 

Sec. J. The membership fee shall be Two Dollars ($2.00), and 
the annual dues thereafter One Dollar ($1.00), payable annually. 



IRoll Of tbc ®l^ 6uar^ Beeociation. 



Mnjor-a. 
111! M„j^ 



Ihiiiii-I liiitlirlield. V. S. A., 
J)<iiii.'l K. Sicklrs. V. S. A., 
FniiK-is C. lit,, -low. 



M".i>' 



<;.;i. Kuherl Averij. 

, Tluimns II. liiirher. 

I.iriii'i^l'ni Satterlee. 
M'illiiiiH (irccne IVaril. 
S. M. H'ehi. 
I'.rl. Bria.-(;eii. Charies. A. Carleton, 

Paul A. Uliver. 
cnl. and A. A. a. Henry Alger Gihlerslee 
r,,l,i,„l Slr/,li,;i Vtii, h'eii.sxelaer Vriiger. 
■■ l!,„i,nnin S.Chlirrh. 

Ilenun, lh,ir,l. 
■• E,lir„nl faeknrr. 
Kilicaril (;il(in. 
.lames II.. lanes, 
.h.lin l>. Otlheell. 
Ileum ^yines i:u<ler, 
.Inliii'Miird, 
i;,l (■■,!. l-:,lie„rd ^f. L. Eliler.'i. 

Charles E .^praijne. 
I.ienl.-Cal. MeCaskru lintt, 

Enmnnel H. llart. 
/x«(/i- N. .Velller. 
Kmu-MeAfee. 
.lalni .1. Ualsh. 
Uilhani P. Walton. 
I. Ilairant .lekernuui. 
>■:. F.lleni Amlersan. 
■■ Miehiul .\tier. 

rharles S. linrns. 
■■ II. Ilalhrank- Cnrtis. M. I>.. 
■■ .lalnl II. Freneh. 
■■ .lH,/,-»N /;. Ihare. 
■■ (;,,,nie .1. Ililtan. 
■■ I), l:: SI. .lalni Haasa.M. P.. 

Edn-ard Selienek: 
■■ AngnstnsC. Tate. 
( ant.and Brl.-Maj. S. I'. IJealiJ- 

' •• Charles C. .'iarage- 

Hieliard Warren Pn 
(antain llenru V. Asphnrall . 
George A. lianta. 
Pleeeker S. liarnard. 
I.rander K. Hingham. 
Charles Dariil lilair. 

.I.,h,l Hlaadgaad. 

.lahii F. Paul, III. 
.lames M. Piadi,. 
Williani V. Pin-nr. 
Charles F. ch;irnia„. 
.laliii F. Ihaelni. 
Thainas Deniiil. -le.. 
i:,;a-ile Palhlialie llij. e. 
.lahli S. Fllisall. 

Williain Fairler. 
Maltlieie (llenn. 
Melialas I.. Hansen, 
.lahn II. IIai:-<falI. 
IVilliam II. Kirbn. 
Ilattert MeAfee. 
F.C. MeCreedij. 
Palriik McAleer. 
.lahn .Maeanlaij. 
Ilenni Magralh. 
D. .1. .Vai-u. 
.lami's A. Manderille. 
Daniel .Vaare. 
n-illiam II iilirei: 
Will ill in c. Peddii. 
Frank Paaserelt. 
Williain II. Sehiralbe, 
.lames A. .SiTZ/mscr, 
II. P. Smith. 
Edward C. .'<mith, 
(liorge Teets. 
Themleire Timpsoil. 
Ilenni P. Tnrner. 
lU-t.-Captain Pi,-ha,'d A. Pikvr. 
First Lieut, and Adjntaiit Ilenrij Pal 
Fir.'^l Lient..Iam,sII.P,-airn, 
.lahn P. colli, rd. 
cilhert K. Ilarronn, Jr., 
Vareiis llii/iiinbotham, 
Edirard Kirk..Ii:, 
Ahram -V. MeCreerii. 



St Lient. Paherf Milhank. 31. D., 
Charles A. Miller, 
yalhaniel Pendleton Rogei 
Eiaiine Suiilha/et, 



.'Sergeant E. llitiLian (igden. 

.Iain, ;V„,-.,sr. 
.lain, I.. Faiihling. 



alkl 



.lahn'E. W, 
llarrij II Wilson. 



Lea, 
Pete 



A. Ci 



nta 



anii 



allati 



Dean. 

William H. Fani 
Fi-ederiek W. ( 
Colin GaurllJ. 
George W. Griffiths. 
" Roliert E. .larniain, 

JainesT. .VeC.ien, 
Alfi-ed P. Priee, 
Ediea,;l Wood. 
Paiima.'<ter V. S. .V. William S Pin iil 
Third Asst. Engineer F. K. A. .John Pn 
First Nergeaiit. George Paumgartner. 
•• E. .S. Berry. 

Charles L. W. Bi-ennei 
N. D. H. Clark. 
George Cromirell. 
Thomas. I. Polaii. 
Leiris Diiiihani. 
C. .1. Fan-ell. 
Charles L. Fi-eneh. 
Geo,;ie 1>. Ga 



dil. 



■d. 



Chin-les W. Henrij. 
.Ulaliih G. Ilafstatte, 
riieadare llafstatter, 
.lain, .la,-ksaii. 
Polieii c. Kammerer 
< I.iiall. 



lie 



Lorell. 



Edieard Maadii. 
.lames W. .Mullen, 
.lahn II. Waail. 
Pnliis .V. Waller, 
.lames P. Walls, 
Ilrnm-Vajar Piehard MeKau. 
Mnsieian Philip M. Wales. 
Drnmnier Thomas .1 . Ellison. 

p. II.Mellniin. 
Color-i^ergeant A. .\. "';'''•''•• , 
.<:ergea>it-.MaJor .lames ». Aiiten. 
Jaires \\ . hernj. 
Williani Edieard Doinis. 
Williain .1. .Jaek.ton, 
Pal,r,t E. Malloil. 
Frede,-iek 1 1. Sehroedei: 
Ordnanee-.'^ergeant .lahn Corrie, 

Samuel Citrtiss, 
Henrij Fair. 
Commissaru-Sergeant Alfred J. Dietz, 
A. L. Hunter. 
Augustus Kippergei 



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James J. We.-<llake. 
Maltheie White. 
Edieard Willearks. 
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John II. Bishop, 
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Ale.rander T. Caraeei 
Charles I>. clai-k. 
Edieard .1. Coleman. 
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Henrij W. Dale, 
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Brevet=Colonel 

Edward M. L. Ehlers, 

Chairman. 

Private Company E, Twelfth Regiment, N. Y. S. M., 

April 19th to August 5th, 1861. 



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raiii/n! bii Fiirlicx/iir the Old aiiaril .4.ss')t r.'th Betj't. 

THE ADVANCE OF THE UNITED STATES FORCES INTO VIRGINIA IN 1861. 
The Twelfth Regiment, N. G., S. N. Y., leading. 

Fi-mii the Kejjart of General S. P. HEIMZELMAN. V. S. Army. 

n-ASHIXGTON. May Sith. ise,i. 
" During the day Ivamed the Regivients to he prepared to march at a moment's notice, and at s P. M. officers leere sent to the Colonels 
directiiig them to march to the H ashington end of the Long Bridge. The orders were to enter the Bridge at 2 A. M. on the Ath of May. 
A few minutes before the hour the head of the column halted at the Washington end of the Bridge, and precisely at the hour the 
troops advanced, the tsth New York State Militia, Colonel Daniel Butterjield, leading. The troops which crossedwere the l:!th, 2.'itli and 
7th yew York, the .id Neir Jersey, one company of cavalry, and one section of artillery. It was on the ere of the Virginia election, 
to determine for or against secession. The crossing of the Bridge iras a grand and impre.f.'iive spectacle. The moon was full and the 
sky cloudless. Silently, solemnly and finnly the gallant troops marched across the river. Xo sounds to di.itnrb the solemnity hut that 
of their (urn footsteps, the order and fli-nrness of which hciuhteued the effect : and thus the Cou.ititution ivas proclaimed by the advance 
of the i-.'th. on the right hank, before the rear of the rolumn had left the left hank of the rlrer." 



The following is an extract from an address delivered by General A. L. Pearson, before the Third 
Brigade Association, First Division, Fifth Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, during the National 
Encampment, Grand Army of the Republic, Washington, D. C, September 21st, 1892. 

" The Jlag of truce, the initial movement to the surrender of Lee's arnny. came through the lines of the Old Third Brigade, and. a few days 
suhscipieut. all the arms and troiihles of u-ar of the surrendering aiiny were given up to the Division of which your Brigade was the major 
part. As the last flag u-as laid upon the .tiack of rebel muskets and the gray-eoated column had moved away to the call of •Dan-Dan-Dan 
IlKtlerfleld-JtiillerJield,' llie veterans of the old Tliird Brigade returned to camp and made ready for their victorious homitvard march." 



The Twelfth Regiment was represented in the field from the beginning to the ending of the late 
war ; Colonel Henry W. Ryder, who in 1861 commanded Company E, was in 1865 in command of the 
Twelfth Volunteers' Battalion when it received the surrendered arms of the Confederate troops under 
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detailed to parole the prison, 

The arms were " st(U'kril " 
from the rjth N. Y. Baltaliou. 
officers of the Fifth Corps. 

As s(M>n as till' ■■ Coil f cite ri 
disappeared from view. 

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ii.-iislinii of Companies D and E, forming the Proi^ost Giiiird of the 
iiaiiilid hy Colonel HE.XKY H'. JiYDKB. was present and on duty 
rreuderof GESKIiAL LEE at Ap]uimattox Court House. April, 
ral) PAIL A. oUVElt of Company E. rJth A'. Y. Battalion, was 

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